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BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

31-03-2022 22:03 Sergio Moro, the famed 'Lava Jato' federal judge and ex-justice minister drops out of race for Presidency.

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.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro starts potential annus horribilis with health scare

06-01-2022 13:19 It was already shaping up to be a tough year for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, but then his New Year beach vacation come crashing to an end with an emergency flight to hospital.

BLOOMBERG

Sergio Moro seeks to bridge Brazil’s right-left rift in 2022 vote

18-11-2021 14:23 Sergio Moro says voters need more options to choose from; Former justice minister seeks to lure Bolsonaro backers as ‘third-way’ candidate.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil anti-graft crusader Sergio Moro joins party, eyes poll

11-11-2021 12:10 Sergio Moro, the former judge famous in Brazil for helming the Lava Jato graft probe and joining Bolsonaro's government, joins Podemos party one year before the presidential election.

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.