Tag: Presidential election

Former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula’s Innocence Declared in Court Opens Door for Next Year’s Run for Presidency

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist ...

Brazil’s Election Was No Surprise

No one in Brazil was surprised when Jair Messias Bolsonaro was elected president on ...

Brazilian evangelicals pray in church

Even Being a Minority, Evangelicals Might Decide Who Is Brazil’s Next President

The influence of the Catholic Church has waned in Brazil, where people have been ...

Jair Bolsonaro giving imaginary shots at hospital bed - Photo by Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the presidential candidate

Brazil – Son’s Message to Those Who Tried to Kill His Father: You’ve Just Elected the President

The knife attack on populist presidential candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro continues to inflame an ...

Lula carried on shoulder of fans before being jailed - Ricardo Stuckert

Brazil’s Top Electoral Court Kills Lula’s Presidential Ambitions

Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has voted to ban former President Luiz Inácio Lula ...

Lula makes a heart with his hands

Although in Jail, Lula Is Nominated by His Party to Be Presidential Candidate

Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for ...

Lula speaks in Porto Alegre

Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail, Lula Says Only Death Will Take Him Out of Politics

A Brazilian appeals court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by former Brazilian President Luiz ...

Lula gives speech at For Democracy and More Rights in Ceará state - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Jail or Presidency? Brazil Court Decides the Future of Ex-president Lula

January 24 will be a stress test for Brazilian democracy. That is when a ...

Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate in Brazil

Meet President Hopeful Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilians Might Soon Have Their Own Trump

The Brazilian body politic is bruised and battered. President Michel Temer is crippled from ...

Brazil President’s Appeal to Poor and Unschooled Voter Bodes Well for Her Reelection

Brazil’s average voter for the coming presidential election in October is between 25 and ...