The Latest Breaking News from Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has been waging an all-out campaign to shore up the crucial evangelical vote ahead of Oct. 2 elections

Two very different Brazils could emerge after voters go the polls to elect a president on Oct. 2, 2022.

The agricultural sector has one of the most powerful political lobbies in Brazil, and President Jair Bolsonaro enjoys strong support in the country’s main agricultural states. Many farmers have rallied behind Bolsonaro during his tenure, but will their support be enough to secure him a second term?

As incumbent Jair Bolsonaro faces off a challenge from left-wing former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (known as “Lula”) in Brazil’s October 2 elections, a group of determined Bolsonaro supporters is mobilising for action, convinced that a communist threat hangs over their country and fiercely defending the sitting president.

AT the end of another bleak year, a little bit of hope might emerge from an unlikely source.

The front-runners in Brazil’s presidential election are seeking support in the country’s most populous state, where the polling gap between them has narrowed in the last days of the campaign.

Prominent Brazil environmentalist Marina Silva, who was environment minister under ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before breaking with his party, told Reuters she is throwing her full support behind his campaign and did not rule out a role in government if he wins a third term.

U.S. diplomats have assured Brazil's leading presidential candidate, leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, that they will swiftly recognize the winner of next month's election, two sources told Reuters, seeking to avert any attempt to contest a legitimate result or sow chaos after the vote.

Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly boosted his lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to 14 percentage points in a poll published on Thursday by pollster Datafolha, less than two weeks before the Oct. 2 first-round vote.