Governors allied with Flávio Bolsonaro set to lead majority of Brazilian Amazon states
Seven of Brazil’s nine Amazonian states are set to be governed by politicians aligned with far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, Lucas Berti reported for Mongabay Brasil. On Oct. 25, Brazil will have an electoral face-off between the top two candidates for several races that were not able to secure more than 50% of the vote in […]
Seven of Brazil's nine Amazonian states are poised to be led by politicians allied with far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, according to a report by Lucas Berti for Mongabay Brasil. The elections on October 25 will see a runoff between incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is ineligible for public office due to a 2022 coup d'état conviction.
The runoff will also determine many state governments within Brazil's Amazon region. In the initial vote on October 4, five candidates secured a decisive majority and were duly elected. Mato Grosso, a southwestern agricultural state within the Brazilian Amazon, selected agribusinessman Otaviano Pivetta, affiliated with the right-wing Republicanos party.
Pará elected Daniel Santos, known as Dr. Daniel, from the Podemos party, who pledged to appoint Vinícius Borba as the head of the environment department. Borba, a lawyer, gained attention for representing farmers illegally cultivating cattle on Indigenous lands. In Roraima, Brazil's northernmost state bordering Venezuela and Guyana, nearly 70% of voters elected Arthur Henrique, who is associated with Flávio Bolsonaro's Liberal Party.
Henrique previously served as the popular mayor of Boa Vista, the state capital, and supports legalizing mining in Indigenous territories.
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