Bolsonaro Ties to Banco Master CEO Rock Brazil Presidential Race

Flavio Bolsonaro
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By Daniel Carvalho, Vinicius Andrade, and Andrew Rosati

May 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM UTC

Updated on

May 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC

Leia em português.

Leaked audio messages linking Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to the man at the center of a multibillion-dollar bank fraud scandal are threatening to torpedo the right-wing senator’s campaign before it even gets started.