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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 16:18 UTC

Tag: Elections in Brazil

  • Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

    Almost a third of Brazilian voters rejected polarization, and abstained

    According figures released by the Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSE, abstention reached 21.30% (25.834.172), blank votes, 2.14% and invalid votes, 7.43%

    With 99.99% of votes counted, it has become evident that one third of Brazilians turned their backs on the two candidates which have polarized the presidential election and its runoff this Sunday, 28 October.

  • Monday, October 29th 2018 - 00:08 UTC

    Ultra-Rightist Jair Bolsonaro, President-Elect of Brazil

    A confident Bolsonaro had started as a big favorite in the polls

    Jair Bolsonaro, a nostalgic of the Brazilian military dictatorship, has been chosen as the new president of the largest economy in Latin America after one of the most divided and tense campaigns in the history of the country obtaining 55% of the votes after the scrutiny of more than 99% of the polls.

  • Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 17:06 UTC

    Haddad and Bolsonaro already voted in decisive elections for Brazil and the region

    Despite having reduced the distances, the latest polls indicate that Bolsonaro has a clear advantage and can be elected as president

    One in Sao Paulo and the other in Rio de Janeiro; the candidates Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad cast their votes this morning with the confidence that the surveys give to Bolsonaro, and the hope of the latter to reverse this advantage, warning Bolsonaro's threat to Brazil's democracy in the most polarized presidential elections in the recent history of the country.

  • Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 16:55 UTC

    Last minute polls confirm Bolsonaro will be Brazil's next elected president

    The ex Army captain Jair Bolsonaro should be the next Brazilian president taking office on January first 2019, according to last minute opinion polls

    The ultra right candidate Jair Bolsonaro continued ahead of Fernando Haddad in the runoff for the Brazilian presidency scheduled to take place this Sunday, 28 October. According to the latest public opinion poll, released late Saturday, the ex Army captain and paratrooper had a 54% of valid votes support while the Workers Party hopeful stood at 46%, that is an eight points difference.

  • Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

    Bolsonaro's homophobic rhetoric backfiring among women voters

    Bolsanaro described the birth of his daughter as a moment of “weakness” after his four sons.

    Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro built much of his reputation on shocking, sexist rhetoric. But that’s backfiring with the majority of the electorate: women. The former Army captain’s rejection rate has risen to 50% among female voters, even as he lies on a hospital bed after being stabbed by a fanatic.

  • Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

    Bolsonaro reprimands his chief economic advisor over new taxes controversy

    Bolsonaro has said that market friendly Paolo Guedes will be Brazil's economy minister if he wins

    The key economic adviser to Brazil's leading presidential candidate cancelled two campaign events on Friday amid a disagreement with his boss. Market-friendly Paulo Guedes, the main adviser of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, canceled events at the American Chamber of Commerce and broker XP Investimentos in Sao Paulo.