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The head of Brazil's powerful farm lobby declared the country had no room for the return of a president who had been jailed for corruption, Joao Martins said at a National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) conference on Wednesday.

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has narrowed to 7 percentage points ahead of the October election, according to a new poll published on Monday.

A Brazilian military request to buy Javelin anti-tank missiles worth as much as $100 million has been stalled in Washington for months due to U.S. lawmakers' concerns about far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, including his attacks on Brazil's electoral system, multiple U.S. sources told Reuters.

Brazilian leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a lead against incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of October's presidential election but is losing the strong lead he had in January, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.

Front-running former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on his supporters to take to the streets to help him win Brazil's election in October and deny far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a second term.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a wide lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the presidential election in October, according to a poll published Thursday. Forty-seven percent of those polled by Datafolha said they intend to support Lula, 76, in the first round, the same…

Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that, if elected in October, he would call on the European Union to improve the terms of its trade agreement with South American trade bloc Mercosur.

Brazil's presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led Latin America's largest economy from 2003 to 2010 and is now looking for a comeback, on Wednesday said he would not look to touch money from the country's foreign exchange reserves if elected.

Brazilian presidential election frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favors reopening talks on a stalled European Union trade deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur to add provisions on environmental protection, human rights and technology, a senior foreign policy adviser said.

President Jair Bolsonaro officially kicked off his reelection campaign on Sunday, rallying thousands of his followers to Rio de Janeiro after intensifying his attempts to discredit Brazil’s voting system.

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.