Brazil

• Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 21:37 UTC

  Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote

  

  A remark by Brazilian President and re-election candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about men's reluctance to undergo prostate examinations has sparked a controversy in the final stretch of the campaign, after opposition figures linked it to child sexual abuse. Lula's campaign has taken the matter to the Superior Electoral Court.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 21:00 UTC

  A falsehood about Brazil's patron saint pits Supreme Court justices against each other mid-campaign

  

  A false report that presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro backed stripping Our Lady of Aparecida of her title as Brazil's patron saint has produced contradictory rulings from three Supreme Federal Court justices, a clash with the Catholic bishops' conference and a dispute dominating the final week of campaigning before Sunday's vote.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 07:21 UTC

  Lula widens his first-round lead to five points, but the runoff remains tied

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has widened his lead over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to five points in voting intentions for Sunday's first round, according to a Quaest poll released on Monday, though the two remain tied in a prospective October 25 runoff.

• Sunday, September 27th 2026 - 12:26 UTC

  Brazil reaches the election with its top court under suspicion and the candidates tied

  

  Brazil votes next Sunday in a presidential election that arrives with the Supreme Federal Court mired in its worst institutional crisis since the return to democracy, the right's candidate formally under investigation in the same case, and the two leading contenders tied within the margin of error in every poll.

• Friday, September 25th 2026 - 00:10 UTC

  Nine days from the vote, neither Brazilian front-runner comes close to 50%

  

  Neither of Brazil's two leading presidential candidates is approaching the threshold needed to win outright on October 4, according to the latest Datafolha poll, which puts President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 40% of voting intentions and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro on 36%.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 19:53 UTC

  Lula warns against foreign interference in Brazil's election at the UN Assembly

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to undermine the October 4 election, in a speech combining a defence of national sovereignty with a broader critique of the multilateral system.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 00:01 UTC

  Brazil Is Going Federal. The U.S. Went State by State. Which Model Gives Consumers Clearer Safeguards?

  

  Brazil has moved from a largely emerging framework toward a national system for fixed-odds wagering, giving consumers a single federal reference point. Law 14,790 of 2023 established the core framework, as the Ministry of Finance's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting became responsible for authorization, supervision and enforcement. From January 2025, only federally authorized companies can operate nationally, creating a clearer baseline for consumers nationally in practice. That provides consistency.

• Monday, September 21st 2026 - 10:42 UTC

  The pending fiscal adjustment dominates the final stretch of Brazil's presidential race

  

  Brazil heads into the October 4 general election with a growing economy and unemployment at record lows, but with one debate dominating the campaign's final stretch: the cut in public spending that analysts and business leaders agree will fall to whoever wins, whether President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

• Thursday, September 17th 2026 - 17:51 UTC

  Two weeks to Brazilian presidential election, Central Bank cuts interest rate for the fifth time running

  

  With presidential elections in two weeks’ time, Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fifth straight time. The bank lowered the so-called Selic rate from 14% to 13.75%, and is part of a cycle that began in March after almost two years of rate hikes.

• Thursday, September 17th 2026 - 14:07 UTC

  Brazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton

  

  Brazil is expected to harvest a record 361.7 million metric tons of grains and fibers in the 2025/26 crop year, according to the latest estimate from Conab, the country’s food supply and crop agency.