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Lula's lead over Bolsonaro slips 2 points for Brazil election -poll

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the October election has narrowed to 10 points from 12, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.

Reuters

Investors must wait for Brazil election for fiscal clarity -Credit Suisse executive

Investors seeking clarity about the future of Brazil's fiscal policy from 2023 on must wait for the outcome of October's presidential election, said the chief investment officer of Credit Suisse for Latin America.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Bolsonaro knocks Brazil's voting system

President Jair Bolsonaro is feeding concern about Brazil's electronic voting system with the election just a month off

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Analysis-Bolsonaro calls rallies to flex muscle on Brazil's bicentennial

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is calling supporters to attend street rallies alongside Independence Day military parades on Wednesday, a showing that may gauge support for the far-right leader's attacks on democratic institutions ahead of an October election.

Reuters

Brazil braces for turbulence on eve of Bolsonaro’s independence day rallies

Rightwing glee over president’s beach party contrasts with progressive anger that bicentennial celebration has been hijacked

The Guardian - UK

‘They twist the message’: Brazilian writer faces ire of Bolsonaro backers

Julián Fuks receives death threats over column calling for ‘terrorist’ to rewrite Brazil’s history

The Guardian - UK

Brazilian forest guardian killed weeks after joining Amazon summit

Janildo Oliveira Guajajara had recently taken part in an Amazon assembly organised by murdered Indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira

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Brazil's electoral authorities search former judge Sergio Moro's home

Brazilian electoral authorities on Saturday morning carried out a search and seizure warrant at the home of Sergio Moro, a former judge who led one of Brazil's biggest corruption probes, a former justice minister and current Senate candidate.

Reuters

Argentinians march for Cristina Kirchner after vice-president survives assassination bid

Tens of thousands take to the streets to condemn political violence and show support for vice-president a day after shock attack

The Guardian - US

Attempted Kirchner assassination prompts Bolsonaro, Lula security re-think

The attempted assassination of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner by a Brazilian has forced Brazil's main presidential candidates to re-evaluate their security arrangements ahead of the Oct. 2 vote, sources said on Friday.

Reuters

Factbox-Recent attacks on prominent figures in Latin America

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday night survived an apparent assassination attempt after a gunman threatened her at near point-blank range and the gun failed to discharge.

Reuters

‘Last-chance saloon’: race to wreck the Amazon as prospect of Bolsonaro defeat looms

Activists suspect criminals are ramping up destruction in ‘last opportunity to deforest without having to pay the price’

The Guardian - US

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: arrest after attempted shooting of Argentina vice-president

Fernández de Kirchner was greeting supporters when man approached her and raised handgun to her face

The Guardian - UK

Bolsonaro gains on Lula ahead of Brazil election - Datafolha poll

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a 13-percentage-point lead over President Jair Bolsonaro, but the far-right incumbent has narrowed his leftist rival's advantage ahead of the October election, according to a poll published on Thursday.

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Lula eyes gradual boost to Brazil welfare program, says aide

Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is looking to gradually boost the country's main welfare program, starting with an extra 18 billion reais ($3.47 billion) if he is elected in October and the budget allows, an aide told Reuters.

Foreign Policy

The Future of Brazilian Politics Will Be Decided in São Paulo

Lula’s Workers’ Party has never won the governorship of Brazil’s wealthiest and most populous state. This could be its year.

The Guardian - US

Prankster seizes Bolsonaro website and turns president into ‘snake-tongued liar’

Anonymous objector commandeers bolsonaro.com.br domain name and creates devastating takedown of far-right leader

Reuters

Brazil's Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, government data showed on Wednesday, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew global attention soon after President Jair Bolsonaro took office.

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Mikhail Gorbachev, ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader, dies

Western figures praise former president who helped end the cold war. Plus, US states ‘rolling back’ LGBTQ rights

Reuters

Lula retains lead over Bolsonaro in Brazil's election - poll

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has retained his strong lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the country's October election, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro under fire over claims family paid for 51 properties in cash

Brazilian president must ‘explain the origins of this money’, says reporter behind seven-month investigation

Reuters

Lula advantage over Bolsonaro narrows slightly ahead of Brazil's election -poll

Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro for Brazil's October election has narrowed slightly, a CNT/MDA poll said on Tuesday.

WEKU

The last member of a tribe in Brazil has died, pulling Indigenous rights into focus

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.

The Guardian - US

‘Bolsonaro’s to blame’: Indigenous rights champion on crisis in Brazil

The veteran explorer Sydney Possuelo says the far-right president has promoted a ‘deliberate policy’ of violence and land invasions

Reuters

Lula's advantage over Bolsonaro unchanged for Oct election

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a 12-percentage-point lead over far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the October election, according to a new poll published on Monday.

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