Tag: Brazil Elections

• Monday, October 12th 2026 - 10:50 UTC

  Lula takes to the streets of São Paulo to close the gap two weeks before the runoff

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a large rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday to relaunch his campaign two weeks before the October 25 runoff, in which he trails Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. “This country cannot lose its democracy,” he told a largely young crowd.

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• Monday, October 5th 2026 - 17:08 UTC

  Lula bets on education and non-voters to overturn the result in the runoff

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has set education, research and industrial policy as the pillars of his campaign for the October 25 runoff, and urged the more than 30 million Brazilians who abstained on Sunday to vote, after finishing behind Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 07:06 UTC

  Brazil votes with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied and a small group of undecided voters holding the key

  

  Brazil holds the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro tied in a prospective runoff and a narrow band of undecided voters, along with abstention, able to tip the result.

• 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 - 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.

• 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.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:46 UTC

  Brasília accuses Washington of seeking to interfere in the October elections

  

  Brazil's government on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting to interfere in the October 4 presidential election, responding to the revocation of the visa of its ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.

• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:29 UTC

  Lula pledges defense spending so no one invades Brazil as he confirms his candidacy

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to increase defense investment if he wins October's elections, as his re-election bid was formalized at the Workers' Party national convention held at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo.

• Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:24 UTC

  Milei backs Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy, drawing a rebuke from Brazil's governing party

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at the Liberal Party (PL) National Convention in São Paulo, in a speech with sharp criticism of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that drew rejection from Brazil's governing party and a response from the judiciary.

• Saturday, February 28th 2026 - 02:22 UTC

  Poll shows Flávio Bolsonaro drawing level with Lula in a potential Brazil runoff

  

  Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are virtually tied in a simulated second-round vote for October’s election, according to an AtlasIntel survey conducted for Bloomberg News — the first poll to show the pair at parity in a head-to-head scenario.