Brazil

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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%.

• 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.

• 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.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 12:19 UTC

  Datafolha survey says pessimism has a grip on Brazilians as elections approach

  

  A poll by Datafolha released Wednesday indicates the majority of Brazilian voters, especially young people, are pessimistic about the country's future.Datafolha interviewed 3,240 voters in 225 cities nationwide. The poll is said to have a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  “My flag is the union of the Brazilian people, defend the family and combat violence”, pledges Bolsonaro

  

  Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian extreme right presidential candidate is leading in opinion polls and also has good strategists. On prime time Thursday when the seventh and last debate of presidential candidates, which he did not attend on medical recommendations, Bolsonaro had a long interview aired at the same time, at his home, in which contrary to his firebrand rhetoric he transmitted a clearly conciliatory message.