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Brazil's Financial Secrecy Battle: What Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro's Disputed Disclosure Agreement Means for Sunday's Vote

Both campaigns signed a disclosure deal at Brazil's TSE on Oct. 22, but no financial records have been released with Sunday's runoff hours away.

Latin Times · Oct 24

Brazil's Top Court Orders Lula and Flávio to Pull Videos: What the TSE's Censorship Battle Means for the Runoff

Brazil's TSE ordered Lula, Janja, and Flávio Bolsonaro to delete campaign videos before the Oct. 25 runoff — raising serious free-speech alarms.

Latin Times · Oct 13

How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage Lula

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

Brazil's Supreme Court Opened a Historic Vote on Justice Moraes. Two Justices Quit the Bench Before the Vote

Brazil's Supreme Court opened a session to decide whether to investigate Justice Moraes. Two justices recused instead, and the vote never happened.

Latin Times · Sep 15

Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October

On the night of November 17 2025, Brazilian federal agents pulled banker Daniel Vorcaro off the tarmac at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport as he prepared to board a private jet. He was initially detained as a flight risk and arrested a few months later on multiple charges of bank fraud,…

The Conversation · Sep 14

Brazil's Supreme Court Votes Tuesday on Investigating One of Its Own: Here's What's Actually at Stake

Brazil's Supreme Court votes Tuesday on probing Justice Moraes over Banco Master ties, days after losing a separate 7-year inquiry.

Latin Times · Sep 12

Flávio Bolsonaro Just Tied Lula in Prediction Market Polls — While Brazil's Supreme Court Tears Itself Apart

Flávio Bolsonaro has pulled even with Lula weeks before Brazil's vote, as a Supreme Court feud rattles the race. What's driving it, and what got distorted.

Latin Times · Sep 12

Inside Brazil's Judicial Civil War: Three Supreme Court Justices Overrule Each Other Over Federal Police Chief

Brazil's Supreme Court freezes the appointment of top police chief Rolando Alexandre de Souza following conflicting judicial rulings and a $25M contract scandal.

Latin Times · Sep 11

Brazil Supreme Court Crisis Just Swallowed the Federal Police Chief, Too: Inside Judicial-Banco Master Scandal

Protests, a purged police chief and a Friday deadline: how the Banco Master scandal is testing Brazil's Supreme Court weeks before the presidential vote.

Latin Times · Sep 9

Supreme Court Corruption? Secret $25M Contract Tied to Top Brazil Judge Moraes Leaked Ahead of Election

A R$131 million contract tied to Justice Alexandre de Moraes and a feud with fellow justice André Mendonça collide with Lula's reelection push.

Latin Times · Sep 7