Tag: Brazil Elections

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

  

  One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows not to concede defeat if he loses elections through fraud

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday warned he would not hand over his sash to anyone if he is beaten through electoral fraud.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Former Brazilian Presidents Lula, Henrique Cardoso hold key meeting

  

  Former Brazilian Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) (1995-2002) and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2010) Friday shocked the country's political arena by holding a key meeting during which they agreed to support the latter in next year's elections against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Datafolha foresees Lula would quash Bolsonaro in 2022 in a presidential runoff

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would defeat the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a landslide if they both make it to the second round of next year's elections, a survey by Datafolha released Wednesday showed.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil: Supreme Court upholds ruling allowing Lula to run for president in 2022

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's convictions were annulled Thursday by the country's Supreme Court (STF) in an 8-3 ruling which clears the Workers Party (PT) iconic figure to seek a new term in 2022.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:16 UTC

  Brazil: Ex-President Cardoso says Bolsonaro wants to run for presidency against Lula; and will win

  

  Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) said in a newspaper interview that Jair Bolsonaro wanted to take on ex-President Lula da Silva in the next elections. And he would beat him.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Lula launches 2022 presidential campaign: “health, jobs and justice for Brazil”

  

  Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva launched on Wednesday the campaign for the 2022 presidential election, which is anticipated will be dominated by attacks on Jair Bolsonaro on the pandemic, a weak economy and deep political polarization.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Retrial of Lula da Silva makes him a formidable rival for Bolsonaro's reelection; financial markets rattled

  

  The decision to annul former president Lula da Silva's conviction had an immediate effect in financial markets and scrambled forecasts for the 2022 Brazilian presidential race, with many investors betting it would polarize voters between right-wing populist president Jair Bolsonaro, and Lula, a left-wing populist but also his greatest opponent.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil's municipal runoffs confirm voters rejected Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva's supported candidates

  

  Brazilian voters in 57 cities including 18 state capitals returned to the polls for run-off mayoral elections on Sunday amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 and violence involving assassinations and attacks on candidates.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro and minister Moro clearly lead presidential opinion polls

  

  If elections were held today in Brazil, president Jair Bolsonaro would be the clearly re-elected with the exception of two scenarios, if facing ex-president Lula da Silva, and current Justice minister Sergio Moro, according to a public opinion poll contracted by the magazine Veja.