Brazil elections

Brazilian conservative senator and presidential candidate frontrunner Flávio Bolsonaro on Wednesday stated that he will promote constitutional-level reforms should he be elected president.

Conservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro and incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva responded to Sunday’s first-round presidential election — which resulted in a surprise victory for Bolsonaro ahead of the October 25 runoff.

Brazilian right-wing parties on Sunday delivered their best electoral performance in over 40 years, securing a majority in the Senate while the nation’s electoral authorities finalize tallying the Lower House results.

The upcoming 2026 general elections in Brazil will feature a large list of “joke” or “parody” characters such as “Samurai Taxi Driver,” “Plínio Trump,” “Mick Jagger,” and “Henrique Barack Obama,” maintaining a longstanding tradition in Brazilian elections.

Brazil’s top electoral authority, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), issued new censorship rulings on Wednesday as the nation prepares to hold presidential elections this weekend.

Thousands of opponents of socialist convicted felon President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stormed his offices and the headquarters of the Congress and Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) of Brazil on Sunday, reportedly demolishing the facades of two of the three buildings and causing “irreparable” damage to priceless artifacts in the chambers.

Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro uninvited leaders from Cuba and Venezuela to his presidential election next month. His socialist predecessors welcomed both.

Communist Party authorities fear the election of conservative firebrand Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential race this weekend following his remarks warning against Chinese investment, Reuters reported.

A poll published by the Brazilian firm Datafolha on Thursday found conservative presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro holding a 16-point lead over socialist rival Fernando Haddad, a margin wider than between any two presidential candidates in a run-off in that country since 2002.

Brazil’s House of Representatives will soon feature over double the number of representatives with military experience than it did before Sunday’s election. According to a tally by Folha de Sao Paulo, 22 members of the lower chamber are either veterans or retired military personnel.

Fernando Haddad, the socialist Workers’ Party (PT) candidate for president in Brazil, made his first public act since securing a spot in this month’s run-off election a visit to prison on Monday, where PT leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption.

The son of Brazilian presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro gave an interview with the newspaper O Globo on Monday, where he discussed the possibility of expanding nationwide gun rights in a similar way to the United States.

Brazilian conservative candidate Jair Bolsonaro gained six points among women voters in a poll released Tuesday, less than a week after he was accused of threatening to kill his ex-wife and after a weekend in which leftist feminist protests drew thousands to convene nationwide to reject his candidacy.

Thousands of left-wing protesters took the streets of dozens of cities across the country Saturday to oppose Brazilian presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, triggering similarly populated rallies in support for the candidate nationwide on Sunday.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced in a letter from prison Tuesday that he would not be running in October’s presidential race, shortly before the deadline to sign up for the presidential ballot and months after his conviction on corruption charges disqualified him from running in the election.

A poll published by the Brazilian research firm Datafolha on Tuesday found that conservative presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro expanded his lead by two points since being stabbed at a campaign rally last week.

Conservatives in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and nation’s capital Brasilia organized rallies in support of conservative candidate Jair Bolsonaro this weekend, insisting that the fact a socialist assailant tried to assassinate Bolsonaro will only serve to strengthen his nationwide support.

Brazilian conservative lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro, currently leading the polls in October’s presidential election, gave supporters a thumbs-up from the hospital and thanked them and the medical staff aiding him in a video posted shortly after a socialist attacker stabbed him during a campaign rally.

Jair Bolsonaro, a conservative candidate for president and the frontrunner in Brazil’s October elections, was stabbed Thursday afternoon during a campaign stop. The incident was caught on video.