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Gustavo Ribeiro discusses the challenges facing Flávio Bolsonaro in the context of Brazil's 2026 presidential race with historian James Green.

On this episode of Explaining Brazil, Gustavo Ribeiro, editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report, talks with James Green, a historian at Brown University, about the fracturing landscape of Brazil's 2026 presidential race. Much of the conversation turns on Flávio Bolsonaro, whose campaign has been undone largely by its own missteps. Once the front-runner, the senator is now locked in a public feud with his stepmother, Michelle Bolsonaro, that has cost him support among conservative and evangeli...

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Host: Gustavo Ribeiro

Guest: James Green

Topics covered

• Brazilian politics
• 2026 presidential race
• Flávio Bolsonaro
• campaign missteps
• public feud

Keywords

• Flávio Bolsonaro
• Brazil politics
• 2026 election
• James Green
• campaign issues

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Organizations: Brown University

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