Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 11:08 UTC

  Brazil's Attorney General charges presidential candidate with racism

  

  One of the front-runners in Brazil's presidential campaign was charged with racism on Friday by the country's top prosecutor. Attorney General Raquel Dodge charged conservative deputy Jair Bolsonaro for statements comparing members of rural settlements founded by the descendants of slaves to animals. Members of the settlements are called “quilombolas” in Brazil.

• Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Lula closer to prison, but remains undisputed front-runner in the presidential election

  

  Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva is a step closer to prison. A panel of judges on Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected Lula da Silva’s request for an injunction that would prevent him from being imprisoned as he appeals a corruption conviction.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:23 UTC

  Green candidate Marina Silva will run for president in Brazil

  

  Former Brazilian senator and environmental minister Marina Silva said on Sunday that she would seek her party’s nomination to run for president next year. Silva announced her plans at a meeting of her Sustainability Network Party, or REDE, which would officially nominate her at its national convention in April.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 07:17 UTC

  Lula and former military officer, main presidential candidates in 2018, shows Ibope poll

  

  Brazilian Former Lula da Silva and right-wing congressman Jair Bolsonaro would make it to a second round of voting in the 2018 presidential elections if they were held on Sunday, an Ibope poll showed.