President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro remain locked in a tight race as Brazil prepares to vote in Sunday’s election, according to three new polls.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro remain in a tight race days before Brazil heads to the polls, according to a new survey.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro are locked in a tie ahead of Brazil’s October election, according to a new poll that suggests the fallout of a major bank scandal is hitting both campaigns.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative challenger Flávio Bolsonaro appeared statistically tied in a pair of new polls ahead of Brazil’s election, as a crisis inside the country’s Supreme Court clouds the October vote.
Flávio Bolsonaro surged into a tie with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a new poll, erasing a 4.5-point gap as a crisis inside Brazil’s Supreme Court weighs on the leftist leader’s reelection bid.
Brazil’s presidential race has become a toss-up a month before the election, with leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage fading thanks to a slowing economy and fallout from corruption allegations against his son.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s advantage over Flávio Bolsonaro decreased ahead of Brazil’s October election, as the leftist leader faces fallout from corruption allegations against one of his sons.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he will not protect his son from corruption allegations, insisting he’s innocent but pledging that he’ll have to face the consequences if any wrongdoing is proven.
Flávio Bolsonaro’s push to elect a Senate majority willing to remove Supreme Court justices he views as enemies of his family is running into early obstacles, with opinion polls suggesting the conservative sweep he is seeking will be difficult to achieve.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found.
Brazilian assets trailed global peers on Tuesday as political concerns start to weigh on investor sentiment two months before the presidential election.
Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro chose a little-known lawmaker as his running mate for October’s election, a bid to reset his campaign after a chaotic start left him without his initial pick.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro narrowed ahead of Brazil’s October election, a new poll found, suggesting the conservative challenger is gaining traction as the official campaign gets underway.
An influential Brazilian political party blocked one of its key members from becoming Flávio Bolsonaro’s running mate in October’s presidential election, dealing another blow to his chaotic campaign.
Brazil’s economy created more jobs than expected in June, bouncing back from a weak figure the prior month, according to a report that comes just days before central bankers are expected to cut their interest rate.
Brazil’s government loosened its spending freeze after revising down projections for mandatory expenditures, giving President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva additional fiscal room less than three months before October’s election.
Brazil’s government plans to publish a provisional measure on Wednesday to renegotiate more than 100 billion reais ($20 billion) in rural debt, as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prepares to seek reelection in October.
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice barred presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, former leader Jair Bolsonaro, for 90 days, effectively preventing any visits until after the first round of October’s election.
Emerging-market assets got a boost after President Donald Trump canceled planned attacks on Iran, fueling bets that a deal is imminent.
An electronic ticker displays stock figures in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. A gauge of Shanghai-listed stocks closed at its highest level in a decade, as cash-rich local investors plow into a market that has surged amid easing trade tensions with the US.
Most emerging-market currencies fell Thursday on the back of a stronger dollar after US retail sales signaled consumer resilience in the world’s largest economy despite sharply higher gasoline prices.
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