The second and last round of voting in Brazil’s presidential election will take place Sunday. According to polls, current president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Others believe that doesn’t fully convey the situation given that the first round was closer than anticipated. The second and last round of … Read more
13-second TikTok video charged allies of President Jair Bolsonaro: soccer star Neymar supporting his re-appointment bid. SAO PAULO, Oct 23 – A couple of days before Brazil’s most memorable round of casting a ballot in the current month’s overall political race, a 13-second TikTok video charged allies of President Jair Bolsonaro: soccer star Neymar supporting … Read more
Lula blasted Bolsonaro as the “king of fake news.” The far-right incumbent finished second in the first-round election on October 2. Polls indicated that Lula had a double-digit advantage moving into the runoff. Two weeks before the Brazilian presidential runoff election, the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva … Read more
A victory by former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva would not be catastrophic for Brazil agricultural industry. Senator Wellington Fagundes downplays the threat of Bolsonaro’s attacks on an electronic voting system. Former Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias is a strong candidate for the Senate presidency. The chairman of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s party and … Read more
Senator Simone Tebet received 4.2 percent of the vote on Sunday. Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Tebet lambasted both candidates, saying there was no debate as to which was worse. The candidate who finished third in the first round of Brazil election endorsed veteran leftist Luiz Inacio … Read more
Leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beats far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. There will be a second round of voting on Oct. 30. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador congratulates Lula on his victory. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist candidate for president of Brazil, came in first in the first round of voting on … Read more
With only 0.2% of electronic voting machines counted, both Lula and Bolsonaro have approximately 44% of the vote. The polls indicate that if Lula receives more than fifty percent of legitimate votes, he will secure an outright victory and avoid a runoff. If no candidate receives more than half of the vote, the top two … Read more
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintained a 14-point lead over President of the extreme right, Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazil elections. Datafolha will release a final survey indicating whether Thursday’s debate influenced voter preference. If no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote on Sunday, a runoff election will be held on October 30. According … Read more
Brazilian football superstar Neymar tweeted a dance video in support of President Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election campaign. He danced to a pro-Bolsonaro jingle three days before Sunday’s election showdown against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The lyrics are a reference to Brazil’s voting machines, which the president believes are plagued by fraud without evidence. Thursday, football … Read more
Brazilian football star Neymar posts a video on Instagram thanking President Jair Bolsonaro for visiting his foundation. Neymar avoids politics in a message, sent four days before Sunday’s presidential election. The far-right incumbent is seeking re-election against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. After sharing a video on social media on Wednesday praising President … Read more
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has “every chance” of winning re-election. Gabiati: Bolsonaro’s campaign has made good use of the September 7th Brazilian independence protests. Gabiati adds that a month prior, it appeared probable that Lula would secure an absolute majority in the first round of voting. A political analyst believes that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, … Read more
Mr Bolsonaro claimed that the ex-president headed the most corrupt government in Brazilian history. Mr Bolsonaro, for his part, claimed to have ruined Brazil. According to polls, Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010, is leading the presidential race. Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right President, and former left-wing leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took … Read more
According to video from Brazilian news channel Globo, Jair Bolsonaro physically confronted a YouTuber who heckled him in the capital city of Brasilia on Thursday. Wilker Leao, an army corporal known for taping his encounters with the right-wing leader’s supporters and posting them to YouTube, questioned the President as Bolsonaro took selfies with his supporters … Read more
Protesters fear President Jair Bolsonaro will attempt to stay in office if he loses the election. Demonstrators marched in multiple Brazilian cities on Thursday. A million Brazilians read and signed a citizens’ manifesto, which warned that democracy was in grave peril. Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets out of fear that President Jair … Read more
Petrobras announced a 4% decrease in gasoline prices last week, adding to a 5% decrease. Perhaps diesel (prices),” Bolsonaro said in an interview with radio station Guaiba. The firm bases its domestic fuel pricing on international rates such as global oil prices and foreign exchange. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that a recent … Read more
Far-right leader promises to maintain temporary social support grant if re-elected. Calls for supporters to take to the streets on independence day. His rival Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was stabbed last month. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro officially launched his presidential re-election campaign on Sunday, attacking the voting system, the judiciary and his main challenger in … Read more
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, announced Friday that it is raising fuel prices. President Jair Bolsonaro reacted angrily saying Petrobras “could sink Brazil in chaos”. Brazil has already seen fuel prices surge by over 33 percent in the past year. Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, announced Friday that it is raising fuel prices, infuriating President … Read more
Joe Biden and Jair Bolsonaro agreed to collaborate on stopping additional deforestation of the Amazon during a meeting at an Americas summit in Los Angeles. The two presidents also agreed to communicate about the current crisis in Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council, according to the White House. The White House announced that US … Read more
The annual inflation rate has dropped to 11.73 percent. The monthly rate came in at 0.47 percent, down sharply from April. The annual rate remains well above the central bank’s target of 3.5 percent. Brazil’s inflation rate fell in May, according to the government, providing some relief to hard-hit consumers, though rising prices continue to … Read more
Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 10.5 percent in the three months from February to April, the lowest for the period since 2015. The figure, a 0.7 percentage point drop from the three months to January, was lower than expected, which is good news for Latin America’s largest economy, which has been struggling with slow growth … Read more
The death toll from torrential rains that caused floods and landslides in northeastern Brazil had risen to 100 officials said Tuesday, as rescue workers searched for more victims. The landslides ripped apart houses in neighborhoods such as Jardim Monteverde, a poor community just outside of Recife. Rescue workers have found dozens of bodies buried in … Read more
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro fired the president of state oil company Petrobras on Monday after only 40 days in the job. According to official estimates, fuel costs in Brazil have risen by more than 33% in the last year, resulting in annual inflation of more than 12% and hurting Brazilians’ wallets. Inflation is a major … Read more
Brazil’s inflation rate hit a 26-year high in April, according to the government, as spiraling prices defied the central bank’s efforts to control them. According to the IBGE, inflation in the 12 months to April was 12.13 percent, the highest since 2003 and well above the central bank’s target of 3.5 percent. The rate for … Read more
President Jair Bolsonaro replaced his energy minister on Wednesday after frequently criticizing Petrobras’ fuel price hikes, which are blamed for boosting inflation and undermining his popularity five months before elections. According to a note in the official gazette, Bento Albuquerque, Bolsonaro’s energy minister since the far-right president took office in 2019, will be replaced by … Read more
Brazil and Guyana agreed to expand energy cooperation on Friday during President Jair Bolsonaro’s visit to Georgetown, where the South American neighbours also signed infrastructure and legal agreements. Guyana, a former British and Dutch colony, has emerged as one of the major low-cost oil producing countries, with plans to sell off offshore oil blocks at … Read more
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist ex-president, will open his campaign for Brazil’s October presidential election on Saturday, hoping to unseat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and staging a stunning comeback four years after being imprisoned for corruption. More than a decade after leaving office as Brazil’s most popular president, the charismatic but tarnished 76-year-old … Read more
WASHINGTON: After President Jair Bolsonaro threw doubt on the integrity of impending elections, the US warned Thursday that Brazilians needed “confidence” in their democracy. The far-right incumbent was one of former US President Donald Trump’s closest pals and has copied his tactics by claiming without evidence that Brazil’s electronic voting system is rife with fraud. … Read more
The prosecution of Brazilian ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on corruption allegations breached his right to an impartial trial, according to the UN Human Rights Committee. The judgment by the Geneva expert panel came as a triumph for the communist leader, who was imprisoned from April 2018 to November 2019, just as he prepares … Read more
