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BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Bolsonaro, Lula kick off campaigning for Brazil's October election

Yesterdat 15:50 Brazil’s election 2022 campaign officially gets underway in giant nation, where voters will choose from far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil Elections

Speaking to ambassadors, Bolsonaro again questions electoral system

19-07-2022 14:47 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered diplomats on Monday to criticise the electoral system. All polls predict he will lose when the elections take place in three months.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Disinformation a major factor in Brazil election debate

04-07-2022 12:44 Three months out from the Brazilian presidential election, disinformation is having a major impact.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Poll: Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro

24-06-2022 13:00 In Datafolha poll, 47% of respondents said they intended to support Lula in the upcoming presidential election, compared to only 28% for Bolsonaro.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Brazil's Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities

22-06-2022 12:14 Leftist former leader and frontrunner in 2022 presidential election race says his priorities in power will be social policies and protecting the Amazon.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Poll: Brazil's Lula gains even more ground against Bolsonaro

27-05-2022 00:01 Brazil's former leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has gained ground against incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the vast South American country's October election.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

19-05-2022 12:57 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in the October elections, married fellow Workers' Party member and sociologist Rosangela da Silva on Wednesday.

Rosangela da Silva

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

19-05-2022 12:45 Sociologist Rosangela da Silva and Lula, Brazil's president from 2003 to 2010, were married in a ceremony on Wednesday evening, the details of which were kept top-secret.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Lula, the tarnished icon, seeking a comeback as president in Brazil

09-05-2022 15:59 Capping a lifetime of dramatic twists of fate, 76-year-old leftist icon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking his unlikeliest turnaround yet: a presidential comeback.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Lula launches presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'

09-05-2022 15:51 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launches his campaign for a new presidential term, slamming the "irresponsible and criminal" administration of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil's Lula says Ukraine leader Zelensky shares blame for war

04-05-2022 21:11 Brazilian presidential front-runner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tells 'Time' magazine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bear equal responsibility for the war in Ukraine.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Will Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win?

04-05-2022 15:45 The far-right incumbent has staged a turnaround, so much so that political analysts now say he could yet come from behind to win a new four-year term.

Brazil election 2022

Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign

18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro over indigenous policies

12-04-2022 19:35 Speaking at a protest by thousands of indigenous people who are camping out in Brasilia to protest Bolsonaro's policies, Lula drew loud cheers with a promise to undo current President Jair Bolsonaro's policies on indigenous people if elected.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Bolsonaro and Lula already in campaign mode in Brazil

04-04-2022 07:24 There are more than four months to go until the race for Brazil's October elections officially starts, but the leading candidates are already on the campaign trail.

ENVIRONMENT

Gabriel Boric wants to lead a green revolution

11-03-2022 09:33 A new generation of leaders in commodity-rich Latin America sees climate change and its link to inequality as the new political fault line, including Chile's new president Gabriel Boric.

UKRAINE WAR

Brazil's Lula warns of dangers of new Cold War

03-03-2022 23:39 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warnsthat a new Cold War could put the survival of humanity at risk, calling for a peaceful solution in Ukraine.

LATIN AMERICA: THE YEAR AHEAD

Lula leads election poll as Brazilians fret about jobs, virus

12-01-2022 22:06 Brazilians’ worries about unemployment and Covid-19 continue to chip away at Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity, a new poll has found, leaving former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on track to win this year’s election.

DAY OF DEMOCRACY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Lula, 'Pepe' Mujica join Alberto, Cristina at democracy rally

10-12-2021 22:47 Four leaders – Alberto Fernández, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and José ‘Pepe’ Mujica – headline an event in Plaza de Mayo marking Day of Democracy and Human Rights in Argentina.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

20-10-2021 13:20 Senate committee in Brazil recommends that President Jair Bolsonaro face at least 10 charges, including crimes against humanity, over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Brazil senators file case against Bolsonaro for malfeasance

28-06-2021 19:11 Bolsonaro is accused of having failed to have a top ally investigated for suspicions of massive corruption in the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines.

LULA GRAFT ALLEGATIONS

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

25-06-2021 20:33 A magistrate on Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday annulled two more cases against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The latest ruling invalidates all previous evidence against him, meaning the trial process will have to start again from scratch.

BRAZIL

Brazil's Lula seeks latest upset: win back the centre

26-05-2021 16:16 As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva eyes run against President Jair Bolsonaro next year, the 75-year-old leftist leader is seeking to overcome another challenge: winning back Brazil's political centre.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Supreme Court confirms annulment of Lula graft convictions

15-04-2021 23:16 Supreme Court upholds ruling annulling Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, clearing the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year.

Lava Jato

Brazil's Supreme Court rules Moro was 'biased' against Lula

23-03-2021 19:14 Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that judge Sergio Moro was "biased" in convicting ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of corruption in 2017, a new victory for the left-wing leader as he eyes a political comeback.

BRAZIL

Lula's return reshuffles the deck in divided Brazil

13-03-2021 08:45 Ruling overturns ex-president's corruption convictions and shakes up 2022 presidential race.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Lula comes out swinging at Bolsonaro, slams 'imbecile' Covid policies

10-03-2021 18:13 Lula makes instant return to politics, attacking President Jair Bolsonaro and his "imbecile" Covid-19 policies, though the ex-PT leader declined to say whether he would run against him next year.

EX-BRAZIL PRESIDENT

Brazil high court judge overturns ex-leader Lula's convictions

08-03-2021 16:31 Brazilian Supreme Court judge overturns graft convictions against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for him to run in the 2022 presidential election.

Lava Jato

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

15-09-2020 08:24 Prosecutors in sprawling 'Lava Jato' corruption investigation charge former president with money-laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.

News of luiz inacio lula da silva

Bolsonaro, Lula kick off campaigning for Brazil's October election

Speaking to ambassadors, Bolsonaro again questions electoral system

Disinformation a major factor in Brazil election debate

Poll: Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

Brazil's Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities

Poll: Brazil's Lula gains even more ground against Bolsonaro

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

Lula, the tarnished icon, seeking a comeback as president in Brazil

Lula launches presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'

Brazil's Lula says Ukraine leader Zelensky shares blame for war

Will Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win?

Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign

Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro over indigenous policies

Bolsonaro and Lula already in campaign mode in Brazil

Gabriel Boric wants to lead a green revolution

Brazil's Lula warns of dangers of new Cold War

Lula leads election poll as Brazilians fret about jobs, virus

Lula, 'Pepe' Mujica join Alberto, Cristina at democracy rally

Brazil Senate committee recommends 10 pandemic charges against Bolsonaro

Brazil senators file case against Bolsonaro for malfeasance

Brazil judge annuls all of Moro's cases against ex-president Lula

Brazil's Lula seeks latest upset: win back the centre

Brazil's Supreme Court confirms annulment of Lula graft convictions

Brazil's Supreme Court rules Moro was 'biased' against Lula

Lula's return reshuffles the deck in divided Brazil

Lula comes out swinging at Bolsonaro, slams 'imbecile' Covid policies

Brazil high court judge overturns ex-leader Lula's convictions

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

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Bolsonaro, Lula kick off campaigning for Brazil's October election

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