Bolsonaro

Opinion polls released this week show the incumbent behind his rival, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, by seven percentage points or more despite the passage of an aid package worth some 41.3 billion reais ($8 billion). On Wednesday, a survey published by Quaest found Lula would win 45%…

Brazil's presidential election campaign officially began Tuesday with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leading all polls against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro amid growing concern of political violence and threats to democracy. Da Silva, whose two-term presidency ran from 2003 to 2010, has already taken to wearing a bulletproof vest…

SAO PAULO — Thousands of Brazilians flocked to a law school Thursday in defense of the nation’s democratic institutions, an event that carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens joined together at the same site to denounce a brutal military dictatorship. In 1977, the masses poured…

Updated 2 days ago · Published on 31 Jul 2022 11:00AM · Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Liberal Party National Convention in Rio de Janeiro. Recent opinion polls show that Bolsonaro is trailing former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a large margin. – EPA pic, July…

Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right extremist who has governed Brazil since 2018, on Sunday officially accepted his party’s nomination for president—and made some of his most menacing comments yet about the potential for chaos and even mass violence if he were to lose reelection later this year. “The army is on…

You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. The parallels between Brazil’s demagogic leader Jair Bolsonaro and President Donald Trump were obvious since…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Top Brazilian bankers and businessmen issued a letter on Tuesday in defense of Brazil's electronic voting system that has been attacked by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and warned that the country's democracy was in "grave danger." The manifesto, signed by some 3,000 leading Brazilian figures, did…

Last Updated: July 25, 2022, 07:09 IST Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bolsonaro said he will not allow any electoral fraud in the upcoming presidential polls in October (Image: Reuters File) There are fears that like Donald Trump, Bolsonaro who is called 'Tropical Trump' may not accept the results if defeated…

The president kicks off his candidacy in Rio de Janeiro with a speech focusing on God, guns and family. Published On 24 Jul 202224 Jul 2022 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has kicked off his candidacy for re-election at a party event in Rio de Janeiro with a speech focused on…

Four years ago, 70 percent of evangelical Protestant Brazilians voted for President Jair Bolsonaro. But according to recent polls, their support has shifted. With his electoral campaign to reconquer Brazil in full swing, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is avidly courting this voting bloc, which is one of Brazilian…