Brazil Votes as Trade, Climate and AI Rules Shift

Brazil’s presidential election opened Sunday as a close contest between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, with stakes reaching beyond Brasília: the result could reshape Brazil’s relationship with the United States and influence the future of the Amazon. Recent polls showed Lula’s lead narrowing, and neither candidate was expected to win outright. The campaign’s international reach was hard to miss: Donald Trump said he was following the vote “very closely,”...