Latest poll shows Brazil's presidential race is tightening
Brazil's presidential race has narrowed to a 4-percentage-point gap between leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, and they are now...
View ArticleBrazil's Bolsonaro considering minimum wage increase after leaked reports
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's government is considering raising the minimum wage and civil servants' salaries above inflation, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, but he denied...
View ArticleBrazil's universities hit by massive budget cuts under Bolsonaro
There are just a few days to go until the second round of the presidential run-off in Brazil. Both incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing rival Lula da Silva are leaving no stone unturned in...
View ArticleBrazilians are "sick" of the polarising election dominating their lives
In Brazil voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect a president. The race pits the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The candidates and their supporters...
View ArticleHow is the campaign shaping up for Jair Bolsonaro and Lula?
In Brazil voters head to the polls on Sunday to elect a president. The second-round pits the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro against Lula, the former leftist president. Bolsonaro has already called the...
View ArticleBrazil’s education system in crisis as Bolsonaro takes aim at universities
Over the last four years, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has made steep budget cuts to Brazil’s public universities. In the run-up to the second and final round of presidential elections, his...
View ArticleBrazil presidential elections: Jair Bolsonaro tries to win over north-east...
This Sunday Brazil holds the second round of its most divisive election in years. A presidential runoff between former leader, left-wing Lula da Silva, who won the first round, and far-right...
View ArticleBrazil's Bolsonaro seeks to win over voters in pro-Lula northeast
In the run-up to this Sunday's presidential run-off in Brazil, both candidates are fighting for votes in the northeast of the country. The vast, poor and arid region is of strategic importance, as it...
View ArticleBrazil presidential elections: Polls show Lula in the lead ahead of Sunday's...
In Brazil voters go to the polls on Sunday to elect a president. Polls show that the leftest former president Lula de Silva is leading the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro as the two face off in a second...
View ArticleBattle for Kherson, Is Rishi ready? Brazil's divisive elections and Iran...
Ukraine's forces continue to gain more ground into territory occupied by Russia, with Vladimir Putin warning the world is facing its most dangerous decade since World War 2. Ready for Rishi was his...
View ArticleBrazil's Bolsonaro and Lula spar in bruising final debate before vote
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faced off in a final debate before their runoff election Sunday, focusing mainly on economic hardships.
View ArticleBrazil's Bolsonaro and Lula spar with each other in final debate before vote
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faced off in a final debate before their runoff election Sunday, focusing mainly on economic hardships.
View ArticleBolsonaro, Lula supporters watch Brazil’s final presidential debate with...
As Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro traded barbs with his leftist rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in the final debate ahead of Sunday’s presidential face-off, supporters of the two...
View ArticleBrazil votes in heated Bolsonaro-Lula presidential runoff
Brazilians vote Sunday in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country...
View ArticleBrazil's polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest goes to the polls
Brazilians vote Sunday in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country...
View ArticleLive: Lula or Bolsonaro? Brazil counts votes in pivotal presidential election
Brazilians voted Sunday in a white-knuckle presidential runoff election pitting far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro against his leftist arch rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Follow FRANCE 24’s live...
View ArticleLula wins Brazil's bitter presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election Sunday, capping a remarkable political comeback by defeating...
View Article'An early carnival': Lula supporters erupt into celebration as he wins election
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election Sunday, capping a remarkable political comeback by defeating...
View ArticleFrom prison to the presidency: Brazil's Lula rises from ashes
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from poverty to Brazil's presidency before crashing into disgrace in a corruption scandal, made a spectacular comeback as leader of Latin America's biggest economy...
View Article'No signs' Bolsonaro will accept defeat as Lula wins Brazil's bitter...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election on Sunday that marked the end of Brazil's most right-wing government in decades. "There are no signs that Jair...
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