BRASILIA, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing challenger to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October’s presidential election, named Congressman Alfredo Gaspar as his running mate on Wednesday.
The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty over Bolsonaro’s choice, as the senator struggled to build alliances beyond his own Liberal Party (PL).
A PL member, the 55-year-old Gaspar has represented the northeastern state of Alagoas in the lower house of Congress since 2023. He had previously served as secretary of public security in Alagoas.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Brendan O’Boyle)
