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Brazil's Bolsonaro, down in the polls, set to officially launch candidacy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to officially become a candidate for re-election at a party convention in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, as he seeks to claw back the commanding lead established by his main rival, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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David Pratt's Four Corners: Hope in Ukraine and 'Trump of the Tropics' bids for re-election

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Brazilian prosecutors charge three men for murder of British journalist

Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Friday charged three men for the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a crime that drew widespread attention to increasing lawlessness in the Amazon rainforest under the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Factbox-World leaders who contracted COVID-19

Many world leaders and senior officials have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic more than two years ago. Some, such as Canada's Justin Trudeau and Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado, have caught the virus twice.

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Biden joins a lengthy list of world leaders to have caught Covid

From Boris Johnson to Jair Bolsonaro, more than two dozen world leaders have contracted Covid-19

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Brazil’s presidential hopefuls court the evangelical vote

Four years ago, 70 percent of evangelical Protestant Brazilians voted for President Jair Bolsonaro. But according to recent polls, their support has shifted. With his electoral campaign to reconquer Brazil in full swing, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is avidly courting this voting bloc, which is one of…

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Da Silva confirmed as Brazil party's presidential candidate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been confirmed as the presidential candidate for the leftist Workers’ Party ahead of October’s election

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Lula courts Brazil's farmers ahead of vote, angering environmentalists

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is luring allies from Brazil's powerhouse farm sector to his presidential campaign, looking to fracture his rival's base in a move that risks tensions with his own environmentalist supporters.

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Brazil's Workers Party launches bid to return Lula to presidency

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be officially nominated by his Workers Party (PT) on Thursday to run on Oct. 2 against far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most polarized election in decades.

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Ciro Gomes kicks off Brazil's presidential race with first official candidacy

Ciro Gomes, a left-of-center former governor, kicked off Brazil's presidential election season on Wednesday, becoming the first candidate to officially announce his candidacy for the Oct. 2 vote.

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Brazilian candidate polling 3rd launches presidential run

Less than three months before Brazil's presidential election, Brazilian politician Ciro Gomes has made his candidacy official at an event in capital Brasilia

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U.S. again defends Brazil's voting system questioned by Bolsonaro

Brazil has a strong track record of free, fair and transparent elections and the United Sates trusts that its electoral system will reflect the will of the people in the October election, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday.

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Bolsonaro’s attack on Brazil’s electoral system sparks outrage

Moves to question integrity of voting system come amid poor polling for far-right leader facing October election

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Brazil's Bolsonaro meets diplomats to sow doubts on election

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has invited dozens of diplomats to the presidential palace to present claims regarding supposed vulnerabilities of the country’s electronic voting system, which electoral authorities have already debunked repeatedly

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Bolsonaro attacks Brazil's election system in briefing of diplomats

President Jair Bolsonaro invited the diplomatic corps on Monday to hear his charges that Brazil's election system was open to fraud ahead of October elections in which he is trailing in a bid for a second term.

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Brazil’s weak response to Phillips–Pereira murders threatens Indigenous people, lawyer says

Rescue mission coordinator condemns failure to arrest masterminds behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

The Independent UK

Ney Matogrosso: 'Brazil, U.S. live in an era of setbacks'

Ney Matogrosso has been one of Brazil's most innovative and rebellious musicians for nearly 50 years, and this year he's bringing his mix of pop, rock ‘n’ roll, bossa nova and samba back to United States

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Brazil: killing of Lula’s party treasurer raises fears of violent run-up to election

Marcelo de Arruda was shot at his birthday party by a supporter of President Bolsonaro

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Brazil's Bolsonaro: I know how the Ukrainian war could be resolved

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he knows how the war between Russia and Ukraine could be "resolved" and that he will pitch his suggestions to Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, with whom he is set to have a phone meeting next week.

The Independent UK

With elections in sight, Brazil increases spending cap

Millions of Brazilians will get a hefty boost from a measure approved by Brazil’s Congress that sharply raises subsidies for the poor

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Brazil Congress approves major spending bill, lifting Bolsonaro re-election hopes

Brazil's Congress on Wednesday approved a major spending package that President Jair Bolsonaro is banking on to lift his flagging re-election hopes, despite expectations it will fan double-digit inflation and hurt Brazil's exchange rate.

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Brazil's Lula da Silva asks for calm after ally's killing

Under tight security and wearing a bulletproof vest, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended a political rally in the capital city of Brasilia

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Analysis: Lula in flak jacket, Brazil on edge as political killing mars campaign

The shooting over the weekend of an official in Brazil's leftist Workers' Party (PT) by a supporter of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has inflamed fears of more political violence ahead of a heated election in October.

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Minister: Brazil wants to buy a lot of diesel from Russia

Brazil’s foreign minister says the country wants to buy as much diesel fuel as it can from Russia following a deal with Moscow

The Independent UK

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits tragic record in 2022

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon broke all records for a six month period during the first half of 2022, a sign of increasing destruction during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro

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