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Friday, October 12th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Bolsonaro pledges support for a non ideologized Mercosur; praises Macri for ousting Dilma Kirchner

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has promised to continue his country's participation in the Mercosur trading bloc but says he will move it away from “ideology”.“The Mercosur has value but it was disfigured by the PT (Brazil's Workers' Party)”, Bolsonaro said at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. “I won’t abandon the Mercosur but it won’t continue to be guided by ideology”, he added.
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Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
Brazilian presidential candidates call for an end to politically motivated violence

The two presidential candidates who will square off in Brazil's runoff this month are calling for an end to politically motivated violence. Numerous cases of violence were reported in the week before the first round of voting on Sunday and have been ongoing since then. The second round of voting is scheduled Oct. 28.
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Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 14:42 UTC
Survey: Bolsonaro 13 points ahead for Oct 28 runoff

A survey published Thursday places far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro 13 percentage points ahead of rival Fernando Haddad for Brazil's October 28 presidential runoff.
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Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
Bolsonaro's chief economic advisor under investigation over fraud accusations

The chief economic advisor to Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right presidential front-runner, is being investigated over accusations of fraud tied to the pension funds of state-run companies, federal prosecutors revealed on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 11:59 UTC
Chile's President says Bolsonaro's plan is “what Brazil needs”

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday welcomed Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro's economic plan and explained it is what the largest economy in the region needs.
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Monday, October 8th 2018 - 06:43 UTC
Bolsonaro's performance unprecedented at Congress level: from 8 to 51 seats

Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro turned his party from a footnote in a crowded Congress into a national powerhouse on Sunday, underscoring a seismic shift in Latin America's biggest nation as voters raged against the political establishment.
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Monday, October 8th 2018 - 06:30 UTC
Bolsonaro syndrome: rejection of corruption in the Brazilian political class

The far-right former military man Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, raising the strong prospect that he could take the helm of Latin America’s largest nation in a runoff later this month.
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Sunday, October 7th 2018 - 05:24 UTC
Bolsonaro clearly ahead for Sunday's vote in Brazil, leading with 40% intention

Pollster Datafolha released on Saturday evening its latest vote intention survey for Brazil's presidential election on Sunday 7 October, and it shows extreme right candidate Jair Bolsonaro leading with 40%, followed by Fernando Haddad from the Workers Party with 25% and Ciro Gomes, another left wing hopeful with 15%.
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Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 09:06 UTC
Brazilian auto industry production hit by Argentine recession

Brazilian automakers are facing the prospect of a sharp drop in exports this year as a crisis in neighboring Argentina hampers the prospects of car sales abroad, the national automakers’ association said on Friday.
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Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
Brazilian election: a divided congress but with a powerful decisive “Bullets, Beef and Bible” caucus

All eyes are set on Sunday October 7 presidential election, but Brazilians will also be electing, 27 governors, 54 senators and 513 legislators, and Congress wields considerable power and since 2016 has decided the fate of two presidents: to impeach Dilma Rousseff for juggling with budget numbers and to shield Michel Temer from corruption charges.
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