Brazil

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 00:08 UTC

  Ultra-Rightist Jair Bolsonaro, President-Elect of Brazil

  

  Jair Bolsonaro, a nostalgic of the Brazilian military dictatorship, has been chosen as the new president of the largest economy in Latin America after one of the most divided and tense campaigns in the history of the country obtaining 55% of the votes after the scrutiny of more than 99% of the polls.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 17:06 UTC

  Haddad and Bolsonaro already voted in decisive elections for Brazil and the region

  

  One in Sao Paulo and the other in Rio de Janeiro; the candidates Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad cast their votes this morning with the confidence that the surveys give to Bolsonaro, and the hope of the latter to reverse this advantage, warning Bolsonaro's threat to Brazil's democracy in the most polarized presidential elections in the recent history of the country.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 16:55 UTC

  Last minute polls confirm Bolsonaro will be Brazil's next elected president

  

  The ultra right candidate Jair Bolsonaro continued ahead of Fernando Haddad in the runoff for the Brazilian presidency scheduled to take place this Sunday, 28 October. According to the latest public opinion poll, released late Saturday, the ex Army captain and paratrooper had a 54% of valid votes support while the Workers Party hopeful stood at 46%, that is an eight points difference.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:50 UTC

  Markets confident of Bolsonaro victory: stocks up 2% and Real logs sixth straight sessions' win

  

  Brazilian stocks index, Bovespa, rose nearly 2% on Friday ahead of this weekend's presidential election, whole Brazil's Real further consolidated. The MSCI's index of emerging market stocks in the region gained 1.24%. Although, the region's markets fared better than emerging markets elsewhere, they were on track to end a five-week winning streak.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Lula on stage calls on “democrats” to unite and defeat the “fascist adventure”

  

  Jailed ex-president Lula da Silva called on “democrats” on Wednesday to put aside their differences and unite in a bid to defeat a “fascist adventure” in Sunday's presidential election run-off. Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro is favorite to defeat Lula's Workers Party (PT) colleague Fernando Haddad in the weekend's two-horse race.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 16:37 UTC

  Embraer's new cargo airplane gets ANAC certification

  

  Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency (ANAC) has certified Embraer's new cargo aircraft, the KC-390, the manufacturer announced.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  Opinion polls confirm Bolsonaro is set to become Brazil's president next Sunday

  

  The latest public opinion poll released in Brazil, BTG Pactual/FSB showed that the extreme right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is leading with a valid vote intention of 60%, while leftist Fernando Haddad has a 40% support. Both presidential candidates for Sunday's 28 October runoff suffered minor variations compared to the previous poll, 59% vs 41%.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro, not the best choice for Brazil, say 350 economists in open declaration

  

  More than 350 economists, among them a Nobel Prize winner, have signed a declaration saying Brazil's frontrunner to be president, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, is not the best choice for his country.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Facebook's “war room” to combat fake news ahead of Brazil and US elections

  

  During the first round of Brazil's presidential election on 7 October, Facebook staff noticed something suspicious on the social network. A story posted to Facebook incorrectly claimed the election was delayed because of protests. The company's data scientists and operations team scrambled to pull down the misinformation before it went viral.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Jair Bolsonaro 18 points ahead of Haddad, according to latest Datafolha survey

  

  Brazil's extreme right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is eighteen points ahead of Fernando Haddad for the runoff scheduled for 28 October. Datafolha released on the evening of Thursday 18 October its latest survey results for the Brazilian presidential runoff which showed Bolsonaro with 59% vote intention against Haddad's 41%.