Brazil
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:21:00 GMTLula ramps up public handouts in the final stretch of Brazil’s presidential campaign
Some 20 million Brazilian families begin receiving this week a 15% increase in the Bolsa Família social programme, the centrepiece of a broad package of aid, subsidies and tax cuts announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da S...
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:29:00 GMT
Amazon fires rise 62% in October as deforestation falls to a record low
Satellites detected 9,045 fire hotspots in the Brazilian Amazon in the first half of October, 62% more than in the same period last year, amid a drought aggravated by El Niño. The increase contrasts with the fall in deforestat...
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:29:00 GMT
Milei calls Lula a “leftist thief” and says he hopes he will not “steal” Brazil’s election
Argentine President Javier Milei attacked his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva again on Tuesday, accusing him of a “dirty campaign” and saying he hoped Lula would not try to “steal” Sunday’s presidenti...
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:09:00 GMT
Meta races the clock to prove to Brazil’s electoral court it treats Lula and Bolsonaro equally
The 24-hour deadline given by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court to Meta to show that its algorithms and artificial intelligence treat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro equally expires on Tuesd...
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:15:00 GMT
Lula asks Bolsonaro whether he will wield “Milei’s chainsaw” in a heated debate
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked his rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, on Sunday whether he intends to apply Argentine President Javier Milei’s “chainsaw” to cut 250 billion reais in public spending, d...
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:43:00 GMT
Lula’s campaign takes alleged Meta favouritism towards Bolsonaro to the UN and federal police
The coalition backing Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election on Saturday reported to the UN alleged unequal treatment by Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, in favour of his rival, Senat...
Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:23:00 GMT
Bolsonaro and Lula head into the final stretch of Brazil’s campaign in a statistical tie
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are heading into the final days of the campaign for the October 25 runoff in a statistical tie, according to two new polls. A Datafolha survey released on Thurs...
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:40:00 GMT
Argentina abstains on a Russian UN resolution on colonialism and draws criticism
Argentina abstained on Thursday in a vote by the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on a Russian-sponsored draft on “contemporary forms of colonialism”, a decision that Buenos Aires province’s government minister, o...
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:54:00 GMT
Brazil approves a 40-hour week and two days off ten days before the runoff
Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved, by 75 votes to one, a cut in the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours with no reduction in pay, ending the so-called 6x1 schedule of six working days and one day off and extending to...
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:52:00 GMT
Lubetkin warns Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”
Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin has warned Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”, in response to his criticism of the bloc during the campaign for the October...