Tag: Brazil Elections 2022

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 15:58 UTC

  Brazilian Army fears social unrest if Bolsonaro not reelected

  

  Brazil's Army has rescheduled its usual annual drills due to the Oct. 2 presidential elections, it was announced. Maneuvers usually carried out during the last quarter of each year have been moved ahead in order to be completed before September.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 18:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro joins Liberal Party with 2022 elections in mind

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has joined the Liberal Party (PL) under which he will be able to seek reelection in October, next year. With Tuesday's move, Bolsonaro has left behind his discrepancies with the party leadership, most specifically with party chairman Valdemar da Costa Neto.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  US confident of Brazilian institutions and capacity to hold free and fair elections

  

  “No tampering with elections or election results”, was the message from US president Joe Biden administration to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, according to Sao Paulo media following the visit last week of US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil: Lula likens Bolsonaro to former US President Donald Trump

  

  After staging an unprecedented military parade in front of the Planalto Palace, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was heavily criticized by his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he wants to imitate Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Brazilian Deputies give printed voting bill a full red light

  

  Brazil's House of Deputies Tuesday voted against President Jair Bolsonaro's plan to make changes to the electronic voting system, which would have allowed for more reliable monitoring of post-election counting.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil's Electoral Court wants Bolsonaro investigated for spreading fake news against ballot boxes

  

  Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has asked the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) to launch a probe against President Jair Bolsonaro for his remarks regarding the reliability of the electronic voting system.