Weeks before Brazilian voters cast their ballots, Flavio Bolsonaro — a leading challenger in a deeply divided race — finds himself under a corruption investigation tied to the Banco Master financial scandal, a case whose reach has already unsettled much of the country's political establishment. The probe examines whether Bolsonaro cultivated improper financial relationships with banking figures, placing questions of integrity at the center of a campaign that had promised clean governance. In this moment, Brazil is reminded once again that the distance between power and accountability is rarely