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Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro. | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a massive rally on Sunday (October 11, 2026) to call for more days off for workers ahead of an election runoff against his right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro. A sea of people massed along Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue, which…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. File. | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government on Friday (October 9, 2026) announced new fuel tax cuts and extended existing subsidies aimed at lowering fuel prices, just over two weeks before a closely contested presidential runoff. Fuel prices are a particularly sensitive…
A demonstrator carries a makeshift figure with Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro’s picture during a protest by students against what organisers say is the growth of the far-right movement, ahead of the runoff of the Brazilian presidential election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thousands of Brazilian students…
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held a narrowing lead in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday (October 4, 2026), after more than half the votes were counted, with pollster Datafolha projecting that the election would proceed to a second vote. Mr. Flavio, the 45-year-old son of former President Jair Bolsonaro who hopes to return…
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Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar In Brazil’s political circles, Flávio Bolsonaro is known as ‘01’ for being the first-born son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. But he has been number one only figuratively. It was always presumed that Jair’s political heir would be his third son, Eduardo or ‘03’, who is now in hiding in the…
Brazil’s right-wing Liberal Party on Saturday (July 26, 2026) formally nominated Flavio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator and son of imprisoned ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as its candidate in the October Presidential election. He is set to face off against leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, who is seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term and has…
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