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POLITICS21h agoFerocious fight among Brazil’s supreme court erupts on eve of presidential electionScandal explodes as country’s election campaign peaks, with polls suggesting dead heat between candidatesBrazil’s supreme court has been thrust into what experts consider the greatest crisis since the return of democracy in the 1980s, as two rival judges lock horns on the eve of the presidential election with unpredictable consequences for Latin America’s largest democracy.The politically charged dispute exploded into public view on Tuesday as judges traded insults and accusations during a heated supreme court hearing that was livestreamed into millions of Brazilian homes. Continue reading...Guardian World
POLITICS1d agoBrazil’s Election Won’t Fix Its Biggest ProblemsSlow growth and corruption have dogged the right and the left.Foreign Policy
POLITICS1d ago‘A coin flip’: on the campaign trail as Brazil’s far right edges back to powerNeck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbingA giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock ofGuardian World
POLITICS2d agoBanco Master: The investigation against Flávio Bolsonaro for corruption shaking Brazil's electoral campaign; how much will it affect the right?Analistas advierten que el escándalo tendrá un impacto electoral, aunque también podría reforzar el discurso de persecución del bolsonarismo.El Tiempo
POLITICS2d agoThousands rally in support of Brazil's Lula as election campaigning heats upWith Brazil set to hold a Presidential election on October 4th, supporters of both incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and his main opponent Flavio Bolsonaro have been taking to the streets. Polls have the candidates, who are on opposite ends of political spectrum, neck and neck.France 24 [en]
POLITICS2d agoElections in Brazil: the Supreme Court reveals another investigation into the financing of Jair Bolsonaro's filmEl magistrado Flávio Dino desclasificó el material relacionado con la presunta trama que desvió irregularmente partidas del presupuesto federal para la producción de Dark Horse, el largometraje que narra la vida del exmandatario y que aún no tiene fecha de estreno.La financiación irregular también es objeto de otra pieza en el Supremo que tiene como investigado al senador Flávio Bolsonaro, candidato presidencial del PL en las elecciones del próximo octubre.Clarín