Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Thursday, September 20th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  Datafolha poll shows Bolsonaro and Haddad leading ahead of Brazilian election

  

  Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro gained ground over his rivals in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election set for Oct. 7, a new poll showed on Thursday, though it remains unclear who he will face in an expected run-off vote on Oct. 28.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil's presidential race polarizing between Bolsonaro and Haddad, according to latest poll

  

  Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro held a solid lead ahead of the October 7 election following a near-fatal stabbing, but Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad emerged in second place, signaling a potential polarized right-left runoff, a poll showed on Monday.

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Bolsonaro sends message from hospital bed and accuses rival PT of willing to win through fraud

  

  Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro attacked the rival Workers Party (PT) and raised the prospect of voter fraud in an address on Sunday from his hospital bed in Sao Paulo, where he is recovering from an assassination attempt.

• Saturday, September 15th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Lula's candidate most probably will be in the October 28 runoff

  

  Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in intensive care after being stabbed at a campaign rally, kept his first-round lead in an election opinion poll on Friday, but a leftist rival from the Workers Party (PT) made solid gains.

• Saturday, September 15th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian markets and currency ended the week higher

  

  Brazilian markets ticked higher on Friday, bolstered by a new presidential election poll, sending the benchmark Bovespa index up more than 1% as the country's currency, the real, gained about 0.78%.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Brazil currency closed on Thursday at a record low on political uncertainty

  

  Brazil's currency closed at a record low of 4.197 to the US dollar on Thursday amid uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding next month's presidential elections. The previous record of 4.166 dated back to January 2016, during a two-and-a-half-year recession.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazil's Bolsorano recovering but his presidential campaigning is over

  

  Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian far-right frontrunner for president, on Thursday was recovering from emergency surgery with no complications, but his running mate said his return to campaigning would be further delayed.

• Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 10:22 UTC

  Brazilian presidential candidate Bolsonaro undergoes emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro underwent emergency surgery on Wednesday evening, according to a medical report released by the hospital caring for him.

• Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 06:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro leads Brazilian presidential competition with 26% vote intention, according to Ibope

  

  Pollster Ibope released on Tuesday its latest vote intention survey for the different Brazilian candidates who will be disputing the first round of the presidential election next October 7, and they proved to be quite similar to those made public a day before by another significant pollster Datafolha.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Army chief warns politicians about “further dividing Brazilian society”

  

  The head of Brazil’s military has issued a warning against the presidential candidacy of the country’s imprisoned former leader Lula da Silva, who has been banned from standing for office on corruption charges.