Tag: Brazil Elections 2022

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:26 UTC

  Brazil's STF Chief Justice insists there are legal instruments against fake news

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux said Wednesday that spreading information known to be false during the election period is a threat to the democratic system. For him, Brazil has instruments to combat “head-on” this risk.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 21:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro worried about prison time if not reelected

  

  “I shoot to kill nobody takes me, prisoner, I prefer to die,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was quoted as saying when confronted with the possibility that criminal charges against him would proceed if he is not reelected in October and loses his immunity.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Braga Netto chosen as Bolsonaro's VP running mate

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a TV interview Sunday that he had chosen former Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto as his running mate for the Oct. 2 elections and that the official announcement is to be made shortly.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Lula's team releases government plan

  

  Brazil's opposition presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has released his government plan, which includes international cooperation, new labor legislation, and differentiated taxation on the wealthiest.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 07:39 UTC

  Brazil's central bank raises Selic rate to 13,75%, hoping to contain inflation

  

  Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the 11th straight time on Wednesday, bringing the Selic rate to 13,75%, in an attempt to contain inflation in Latin America’s biggest economy.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists his followers must prepare for war ahead of October elections

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on his followers Friday to be ready and spare their country from following the same paths as other South American nations in the Oct. 2 elections.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  Brazil: Lula ties the knot for the third time in his life

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday married sociologist Rosángela da Silva in Sao Paulo, under strict security measures. The celebration was attended by politicians and artists who were not allowed to bring their cell phones with them.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 11:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro to hire company to monitor elections

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday insisted on the questionable reliability of the country's electronic voting system and announced that his Liberal Party would retain the services of a company to monitor the October elections, as allowed “in the electoral legislation.”