Three Brazilian stories from one week: a close election and the challenge to it, a one-day stock-market rout, and a bank-fraud investigation. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday, 25 October, with about 51.8% of valid votes. The…
by Angela Priestley | 6 hours ago Flávio Bolsonaro was ordered to hand over his passports on Monday. By Wednesday, he had landed in Miami and announced he would lead Brazil’s opposition from Trump’s America. It was quite the exit for a…
Defying expectations to win an unprecedented fourth term in office, Lula - who turns 81 this week - said in his acceptance speech that "we will show the world how climate policy is handled in this country", and highlighted that, during his last…
Bolsonaro has refused to concede and has positioned himself as the “leader of Brazil” while declaring that there was electoral fraud, without providing evidence. In a letter on Wednesday, the senator for Rio de Janeiro said he relocated to the…
A Reuters-cited ally says Flávio Bolsonaro traveled to the United States despite a reported travel ban, while officials dispute his whereabouts and the circumstances of his departure.
WASHINGTON, DC: The defeat of President Donald Trump’s ally Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election led the latter to flee to the United States. Soon after, a rumor is circulating online claiming that Trump and Bolsonaro had agreed to be co-presidents…
TEHRAN — History has a peculiar way of embarrassing those who believe political opponents can simply be imprisoned, exiled or erased. Nelson Mandela walked out of prison after 27 years and became South Africa’s first Black president. Juan Perón returned to Argentina…
Paulo Figueiredo, a right-wing influencer and podcast host who serves as an unofficial spokesperson for the Bolsonaro family in the United States, has said that the controversial wording in Flávio’s letter came from a drafting error related to AI. Figueiredo…
Flávio Bolsonaro was already in the United States by Tuesday, two days after losing Brazil’s presidential election. Back home, his own party's leaders had accepted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory. Bolsonaro had not, and Brazilian markets were still…
Trump repeats anti-trans attack on Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews Optimism that Democrats could take Congress, change tone around LGBTQ issues Trans voters are disappointed in Democrats. They’re voting for them anyway Allegations involving Ric Grenell raise questions about pay-for-play…
Lula and Brazil's left: his 2026 re-election fight against Flávio Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro's conviction and the Brazilian right.
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