Brazil held the second round of its 2026 presidential election on Sunday, with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro competing for the presidency, according to La Nación. The runoff follows a first round that failed to produce an outright winner.
Lula called for voting hours to be extended in five states, citing disruptions to public transportation, according to Infobae and Clarín. The outlets reported that the former president pointed to what he described as incidents affecting transport on election day and asked that voters be given more time at the polls.
Coverage from La Nación, TN and DW described a close contest being tracked vote by vote as results came in. The reporting did not include partial tallies or a projected winner at the time of publication.
The runoff caps a campaign that has drawn wide attention in Latin America's largest country. La Nación's live coverage centered on the head-to-head matchup between the two candidates and on developments through the day.
What to watch next: official results and any decision on extending voting hours in the affected states.
