Brazil roadblocks dwindle as Bolsonaro starts handover
After Lula’s narrow victory Sunday, Bolsonaro supporters blocked highways and camped out at army bases to demand a military intervention to keep the defeated incumbent in power.
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Disinformation swirls around Brazil vote
Did election officials decrease ballot boxes for Brazilians overseas and increase them in prisons? No.
Neymar swept up in Brazil vote battle after video for Bolsonaro
Football superstar Neymar was swept up in Brazil’s presidential election campaign after posting a video on social media Wednesday thanking President Jair Bolsonaro for visiting the player’s charitable children’s foundation.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro still the ‘Bibles, bullets and beef’ candidate
Four years after President Jair Bolsonaro rode to victory on a groundswell of support from Brazil’s “Bibles, bullets and beef” coalition, that powerful trio of groups is still the core of his base.
UN rights chief decries Bolsonaro attacks on Brazil judiciary
The UN rights chief decried Thursday that President Jair Bolsonaro had stepped up his attacks on Brazil’s judiciary and voting system ahead of October elections, warning of the threat to democracy.
Bolsonaro outraged after rape victim, 11, has abortion
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has denounced as “unacceptable” an 11-year-old girl’s abortion of a fetus that was the result of rape.
Bolsonaro blamed as UN, activists denounce Amazon murders
The United Nations as well as environmental and rights groups expressed outrage Thursday at the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which they linked to President Jair Bolsonaro’s willingness to allow commercial exploitation of the Brazilian Amazon.
Women don’t like Brazil’s Bolsonaro. Cue the first lady
President Jair Bolsonaro has a problem heading into Brazil’s October elections: he is unpopular with a demographic that makes up more than half the electorate — women.
In Brazil, Bolsonaro camp celebrates Musk Twitter deal
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro celebrated Tuesday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk reached a deal to purchase Twitter, hailing it as a victory for “freedom.”
Brazil’s Bolsonaro defends pardon for ally
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday defended his decision to grant a pardon to a controversial ally convicted of attacking democratic institutions, saying “I free people who are innocent.”
