The Latest Breaking News from Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil Workers Party okays Alckmin as Lula's running mate

The leadership of former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers Party (PT) on Wednesday approved former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil's presidential election in October.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022

Brazil's foreign ministry irked by electoral court's EU observer invite

Brazil's foreign ministry on Wednesday criticized an invitation extended by the country's top electoral authority to invite the European Union to send observers for the elections in October.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022

Brazil poll shows Bolsonaro halving Lula lead in a month

Leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead in Brazil's presidential race was halved in a month by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a new poll on Wednesday showed.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022

Bolsonaro faces stiff questioning over Brazilian army’s Viagra purchase

Navy and air force – which reportedly bought over 30,000 pills – claim drug is being used to treat pulmonary hypertension

The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2022

Exclusive-Brazil invites EU for the first time to observe its national election

Brazil's top election authority, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), told Reuters on Monday it has invited the European Union for the first time to observe its general elections this year, when President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2022

Brazil's largest indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report

An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report on Monday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2022

Dead wrong: Brazilian newspaper ridiculed after saying Queen has died

Folha de São Paulo blames ‘technical error’ for website’s premature obituary for British monarch

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

Brazil's Bolsonaro sees 90% chance of former defense minister being his running mate

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there is a 90% chance that former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto, a retired army general, will be his running mate in this year's election.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2022

Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both

Democracies are making more progress than autocracies when it comes to climate action. But divestment campaigns can put pressure on the most recalcitrant of political leaders

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2022

Brazil’s Bolsonaro braced for uphill reelection battle as polls show public looking to Lula

Polling shows Jair Bolsonaro losing to ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October’s vote as criticism grows over his handling of Covid and the Amazon in a tenure marked by callousness and chaos, writes Andrew Naughtie

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022