Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat is a major blow to Trump and his orange wave

The far-right candidate was supposed to claim the presidency, but Brazilian voters had other ideasFor Donald Trump, Brazil’s presidential election was meant to represent the crest of the “orange wave” – a three-year surge of rightwing triumphs that has reshaped Latin American politics in the US president’s tangerine-hued image.The far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, was supposed to claim the presidency on Sunday, bringing the region’s biggest democracy and economy into Trump’s orbit, after si