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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, the Workers’ Party (PT) candidate for reelection, attends a campaign rally, ahead of the runoff election, in Brasilia, Brazil, October 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The campaign of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of election interference on Saturday (October 11, 2026)…
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Men look at newspapers displaying coverage of Brazil’s presidential election results at a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Sunday night was supposed to be historic for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was seeking a record fourth term as Brazil’s president. But when the results came…
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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US President Donald Trump. Braslia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday accused Donald Trump of wanting to “become an emperor of the world”, as he called on the US president to respect other countries’ sovereignty. Post-World War II democracy has been an example of the best governance of the last 70 years,…
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, has been on a whirlwind campaign of interviews and public appearances in recent weeks to shore up dwindling support, but the numbers keep getting worse. The latest survey from Datafolha puts his popularity rating at 24%…
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A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early on Saturday in Brazil, killing more than 30 people, the fire department said. After removing all of the victims from a major highway near the town of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state’s fire department reported that of the 45 people on…
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, waves while leaves the Sirio-Libanes Hospital after a surgery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday (December 15, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from the hospital on Sunday (December 15, 2024), his medical team told reporters, after a pair of…
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Brasilia: Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then-President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022, days before he took office. Documents seized by police revealed a plan to shoot or poison Lula and his Vice President-elect…
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Venezuela reacted furiously to Brazil’s veto at a summit in the Russian city of Kazan earlier this week, calling the decision “hostile” and “immoral” act. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro vowed on Saturday (October 26, 2024) that his country would not be silenced after Brazil vetoed its bid to join the…
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