Bolsonaro

Brazil’s presidential elections are to be held soon on October 4, and the two main candidates for the position – current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his opponent Flávio Bolsonaro – are both trying to get some last-minute support. Interestingly, however, both have outlined ideas for putting strict restrictions…

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026, the Brazilian president posed a question to both an international and domestic audience: Who is to decide Brazil’s future? It is an unusually pressing question this year. Voters in Latin America’s largest nation head…

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Sunday unsealed an investigation into the production of a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro, pointing in his decision to suspicions the movie's financing had ties to a criminal network...Read More

Democracy Dies in Darkness Flávio Bolsonaro is now polling evenly with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and prediction markets are favoring the challenger over the incumbent in the October election. September 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT September 12, 2026 Presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro gives a thumbs-up while visiting a…

Skip to content By: Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press Posted: 10:27 AM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026 Last Modified: 11:06 AM CDT Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026 Print Email Read Later SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will consider to be artificial intelligence…

SAO PAULO, Aug 24 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are in a technical tie in a potential runoff ahead of October's presidential election, a Nexus poll commissioned by lender BTG Pactual showed on Monday. • In a simulated second-round runoff, Lula would…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Nermeen Shaikh in New York. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We end today’s show with the acclaimed Brazilian actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura. At the Edinburgh…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been under house arrest in Brasilia since March while serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Last month he was placed under a stricter regimen after he breached conditions of his arrest. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 8 (UPI)…

Flavio Bolsonaro closes in on Lula in Nexus/BTG poll for Brazil electionRead More

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