Tag: Presidential elections

Lula being embraced just before going to jail - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Lula, Brazil’s Top Polling Presidential Hopeful Launches Candidacy from Jail

Electoral authorities have to determine if the embattled ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s ...

House representative Jair Bolsonaro being carried by fans

Fans Call Him Myth, Others Call Him Clown. Bolsonaro Might Become Brazil’s Donald Trump

Jair Messias Bolsonaro, a far-right candidate and congressman, has launched an improbable campaign to ...

Rally asking for Lula's freedom. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Four Points to Consider for Understanding Lula and Brazil’s Coming Elections

The campaign for the up and coming presidential elections in Brazil officially began on ...

Popular protest against Lula's prison

Eager to Fix Politics, Brazil’s Justice May Be Breaking the Rule Of Law.

On January 24, a Brazilian appeals court upheld a criminal conviction against former President ...

A Lula portrait

Brazil’s Court Decides This Month If Lula Goes to Jail or Gets a Chance to Become President

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will learn later this month of ...

Marina Silva 2 - Wikimedia Commons

Marina Silva Announces She’s Running for the Fourth Time for President of Brazil

Marina Silva, Brazil’s third most popular candidate in the past three presidential elections, has ...

Lula wearing a typical hat from Brazil's Northeast - Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

If He Doesn’t Go to Jail and People Don’t Change Their Mind, Lula Will Be Brazil’s Next President

Despite being sentenced to nine years and six months over alleged corruption charges in ...

Brazilian president Michel Temer

Brazil President Falls to an Improbable Low in Popularity: 2%

Just when it seems impossible for Brazilian President Michel Temer’s approval rating to get ...

The 6 Men and 2 Women Who Wil Be Running for President in Brazil

The deadline for the official registration of presidential candidates in Brazil ended last night, ...

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