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Voters wait to cast their ballots during a presidential runoff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Lucas Landau)

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilians voted on Sunday in a tight runoff vote that could move Latin America’s largest nation sharply rightward, bringing it closer to the United States as part of a broader conservative shift across the region.

The runoff pits leftist, anti-Israel President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing, pro-Israel Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro.…