Brazil

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:15:00 GMT
Lula targets non-voters and over-70s to overturn the first-round result
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will focus his campaign for the October 25 runoff on mobilising those who did not vote on Sunday, particularly people over 70, and on winning over centrist voters, after finishing ...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT
São Paulo stocks jump 8% and the real firms after Bolsonaro's first-round win
Brazilian markets rallied sharply on Monday in response to the first round of the presidential election, in which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, contrary to what polls had pred...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:18:00 GMT
"The end of the PT era is decreed," says Flávio Bolsonaro after winning the first round
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro celebrated his first-round victory in Brazil's presidential election in Brasília with a message focused on change. "Change, the word is change. Brazil can't take any more. The end of the PT era is dec...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:08:00 GMT
Lula bets on education and non-voters to overturn the result in the runoff
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has set education, research and industrial policy as the pillars of his campaign for the October 25 runoff, and urged the more than 30 million Brazilians who abstained on Sunday to...

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT
Flávio Bolsonaro edges Lula in the first round; both head to an October 25 runoff
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro won around 47% of valid votes in the first round of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took about 45%, according to the Superior Electoral Cour...

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:57:00 GMT
Trump declines to back Lula or Flávio Bolsonaro as Brazil votes
US President Donald Trump has not endorsed either of the two leading candidates in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, unlike in recent elections in Honduras, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Costa Rica.

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:36:00 GMT
Alternative media and Trump are influencing Brazilian voters
By Gwynne Dyer - “Flávio Bolsonaro is Trump’s candidate and what Trump wants is to colonize Brazil, take our riches, steal our future and leave us in the dust,” claims the latest video released by President Luiz Inácio ...

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:06:00 GMT
Brazil votes with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied and a small group of undecided voters holding the key
Brazil holds the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro tied in a prospective runoff and a narrow band of undecided voters, along with abstent...

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:53:00 GMT
Brazil heads to the polls without a single debate between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilian broadcaster Globo on Thursday cancelled, an hour before it was due to start, the last presidential debate scheduled before Sunday's first round, following a series of court rulings and the absence of both President Lu...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:37:00 GMT
Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote
A remark by Brazilian President and re-election candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about men's reluctance to undergo prostate examinations has sparked a controversy in the final stretch of the campaign, after opposition figur...

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