Flávio Bolsonaro

Nevertheless, neither Lula nor his Partido Trabalhista (Workers’ Party, PT) have governed in much of a coalition spirit in the past four years, which might well be a significant factor in their defeat

As leader, Bolsonaro would assume control of an economy that is heavily dependent on China — by far Brazil’s largest trading partner

Brazilian students in Rio de Janeiro march against the prospect of another Bolsonaro presidency

With three weeks to go until Brazil’s presidential runoff, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva finds himself in a weaker position than he — or most pollsters — had expected

Brazilian Stocks Soar on as Flávio Bolsonaro Pulls Ahead in First Election Round

The Bolsonaros’ success in Sunday’s elections shows how the conservative movement the eldest Bolsonaro built is becoming the dominant political force across this nation of more than 200 million people

Trump will welcome success of Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil

Brazil holds the world’s second-largest reserves but produced less than 1 percent of global output last year

Thomas Giuffra told CNN that people had threatened to silence or harm her if she did not withdraw her civil lawsuit ⁠alleging that several members of a Cornell fraternity had drugged and raped her in 2024

A campaign flag depicting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, is waved during a campaign event on streets in Brasilia, Brazil

He’s less charismatic than his father but just as ideologically radical as the family patriarch

A campaign flag depicting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, is waved during a campaign event on streets in Brasilia, Brazil

Polls show Lula ahead in the first round and the two men statistically tied in a likely October 25 runoff

Standing atop a truck equipped with loudspeakers on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro officially launched his campaign, addressing the inevitable comparison with the man whose footsteps he is trying to follow

Brazil’s leftist leader has unusually put military spending at the heart of his campaign

Nobody in Brazil thinks that Flávio Bolsonaro is his own man

Lula and Bolsonaro clash over Our Lady of Aparecida in faith-fueled campaign

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing leader Flavio Bolsonaro appear to be locked in a tight race for the top post in the country

Right-wing candidates aligned with Washington have won the past seven elections in the region, with Mr. Trump explicitly endorsing the winner in two of them

Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt

Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is playing a key role in her stepson’s presidential campaign

Two weeks before a tight presidential election, Brazil’s leading candidates have turned Javier Milei’s Argentina into a proxy for their own clashing economic visions

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from opponents who say the moves are electorally motivated just two weeks before the presidential election

A 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

Just weeks before the vote, Brazilian presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro's campaign is being rocked by revelations he is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering

Mendonca, appointed by former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, has accused Rodrigues and Almada of producing six illegal reports on the activities of justices

Seeking a fourth term in what is his seventh campaign, leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has in recent months been schooling senator Flávio Bolsonaro, his less experienced rival, in how to grind out a win

Wearing the same dark green as the military officials with him, President Abelardo De La Espriella can be seen in a video posted Wednesday morning on his X account walking beside white body bags said to hold the remains of rebels

Since late 2025, voters in Honduras, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia have all turned against sitting governments and handed power to the right or center-right, in what analysts — J.P. Morgan among them — are calling the region's sharpest political realignment in two decades

The episode was only the latest example of the personal alliances and international endorsements reshaping Latin American politics, as right-wing candidates win elections across the region

Part presidential bid, part personal vendetta, it’s a political storyline so juicy that Netflix executives are likely hard at work already figuring out who to cast in the eight-part dramatized documentary

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his final re-election campaign at Primeiro de Maio stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo

Brazil's October presidential election is shaping up as another battle between the Lula and Bolsonaro camps, with incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeking a fourth term and Flávio Bolsonaro stepping in for his imprisoned father

Brazil's October presidential election is shaping up as another battle between the Lula and Bolsonaro camps, with incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeking a fourth term and Flávio Bolsonaro stepping in for his imprisoned father

In an interview with local media, Lula questioned the U.S. announcement of Daniel Perez as its future ambassador before receiving Brazil's formal approval

Brazil subsequently recalled its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Bitelli, for consultations

His similar insulting remarks before had already chilled relations between the two neighbors

State Department retaliates against Brasilia over delayed envoy approval as fractious relationship is again tested

Election seen as pivotal for Latin America as bots, tariffs and allies test Brazil

A crisis has blown up with Brazil after President Javier Milei insulted both his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva and the country’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes while participating in the São Paulo launch of the Liberal Party presidential candidacy of Flavio Bolsonaro (without a running-mate so far) for the October 4 elections last Saturday

Milei also referred to -- without naming him directly -- Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as "bald trash."

Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Argentina for consultations in response to “insults” uttered by President Javier Milei during a visit to São Paulo

October election will see incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contend with Trump ally Senator Flavio Bolsonaro

Far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro anointed his eldest son Flavio as his political heir after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2022 election loss to Lula

A slew of United States actions against Brazil, including a range of tariffs and sanctions on local criminal gangs, is playing into Brazilian voter sentiment ahead of the presidential elections in October

The Brazilian presidency condemned on July 16 the United States' decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on certain Brazilian products

That basis is viewed as more legally sound than the emergency power President Donald Trump used last year to impose tariffs that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in February

In a document sent to the United States Trade Representative on Wednesday, Bolsonaro suggested "postponing implementation until after the October vote."

Family Feud Poses Fresh Risk to Flavio Bolsonaro’s Brazil Presidential Bid

Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, was charged last year with lobbying US authorities to help the ex-president by imposing tariffs or sanctions on Brazil