MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Petrobras confirms oil off the Amapá coast but cannot yet estimate the volume]]> Lula, who attended the event, highlighted the significance of the find for the country's future oil production but said it does not alter Brazil's strategy on renewable energy Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras confirmed on Monday the presence of oil in the Morpho exploratory well, located in ultra-deep waters off the northern state of Amapá, in the Foz do Amazonas basin. The company cautioned that it cannot yet estimate the volume found or the viability of commercial production.

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:56:00 GMT <![CDATA[Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro open Brazil's campaign in their respective political birthplaces]]> The Quaest poll released on Friday gives Lula 43% against Flávio Bolsonaro's 40% in a potential runoff Brazil's two leading presidential candidates launched their campaigns for the October 4 elections on Sunday with rallies at the venues associated with their political trajectories. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva drew more than 10,000 supporters to the Vila Euclides stadium in São Bernardo do Campo, in São Paulo's industrial belt, while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro gathered his backers on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:46:00 GMT <![CDATA[Rejection of Flávio Bolsonaro exceeds Lula's despite his gains in voting intention]]> The figure coincides with an improvement for the Liberal Party candidate in voting intention. In a potential runoff he would take 40% against the president's 43% Senator Flávio Bolsonaro registers a 54% rejection rate among Brazilian voters, two points above the 52% recorded by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the Quaest poll released on Friday, two days before campaigning officially opens for the October 4 elections.

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:01:00 GMT <![CDATA[Peña says the Milei-Lula crisis has not affected how Mercosur functions]]> Peña said Lula and Milei now hold “irreconcilable differences,” though he argued both understand that the relationship between their countries is greater than the relationship between them. Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said on Friday that the differences between his Argentine and Brazilian counterparts, Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have had no consequences for Mercosur, despite the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:20:00 GMT <![CDATA[Brazil: Two days before the deadline, Bolsonaro's party cannot register Flávio as candidate]]> “You saw that they falsified my party affiliation. The system will try everything to stop me, but it will not succeed, because God is in command,” Flávio Bolsonaro said Brazil's Liberal Party was unable on Thursday to file Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy with the Superior Electoral Court, after the electoral system recorded him as a member of a different party. The deadline for submitting candidacies expires on Saturday at 7pm.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:34:00 GMT <![CDATA[Lula's runoff lead over Flávio Bolsonaro narrows to 8.9 points, CNT/MDA poll finds]]> In the second-round scenario, Lula takes 48% of voting intentions against 39.1% for the Liberal Party senator Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva holds an 8.9-point lead over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff, according to the CNT/MDA poll released on Tuesday. The gap stood at 12.5 points in the June survey.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[The main land crossing between Argentina and Chile passes its winter closure record]]> The corridor was closed as a precaution on July 14 in anticipation of the forecasts The Cristo Redentor international crossing, which links the Argentine province of Mendoza with Chile's Valparaíso Region through the Andes, has now been closed for close to a month because of a snow and wind storm, surpassing the winter closure record set in 2023. Authorities on both sides estimate it could reopen next week, depending on weather conditions.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:55:00 GMT <![CDATA[Michelle and Flávio Bolsonaro appear together for the first time since their June rift]]> “We have set our disagreements aside. What family is perfect? Let anyone without family problems raise their hand,” the former first lady said at the end of the event Brazil's former first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate, appeared together in public on Tuesday for the first time since the falling-out between them in late June. The meeting took place at the party's headquarters in Brasília, where they recorded campaign material and prayed together.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:21:00 GMT <![CDATA[Two months from the vote, Lula turns diplomatic crises into a sovereignty message]]> Lula links that pressure to the former president's family Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enters the final stretch toward the October 4 elections with three open diplomatic fronts and a message centered on defending national sovereignty.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:08:00 GMT <![CDATA[Brazil ties its ambassador's return to an end to Milei's insults]]> Lula called the same day, in an interview with the Meteoro Brasil outlet, for setting aside ideological differences to strengthen Mercosur Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called repeated insults and attacks against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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