Bolsonaro draws a blank in more than a hundred Brazilian ballot boxes
An analysis of the official count shows the defeated candidate took no votes at all in 106 polling sections where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gathered almost 15,000,…
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Flávio Bolsonaro flees to US alleging Brazil election was stolen
The candidate says he left for Brazil, not from it, and has vowed to lead an opposition in exile against what he calls a dictatorial regime under Lula.
Trump calls Brazil run-off ‘rigged’
The Brazilian Government dismissed the claim as baseless while EU institutions welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's fourth term.
Brazilian court bars Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving and demands his Italian passport too
The judge has given the defeated candidate 24 hours to surrender every travel document he holds, including the one issued to him by an EU member state.
Brazilian markets sell off as Lula win removes threat to EU-Mercosur deal
Investors unwound bets on a right-wing victory as Brussels welcomed the re-election of the president who delivered its South American trade agreement.
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Bolsonaro takes his run-off defeat to the court that ran the vote
The Superior Electoral Court said no extension of voting hours like the one ordered on October 25 had ever occurred in its history, though it insisted the count…
EU bureaucrats congratulate Lula
Brussels moved within hours to salute a victory the losing candidate says he will contest, with the EU's Mercosur deal still unratified in Europe.
Lula wins Brazilian run-off after court extends voting by two hours
The Supreme Court judge who ordered polling stations to stay open had been Lula's defence lawyer before the President appointed him to the bench.
Flávio Bolsonaro vows to change Brazil’s constitution as run-off nears
The Liberal Party candidate has won the backing of a defeated rival and promised a harder line on crime before the October 25 vote.
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Flávio Bolsonaro outpolls Lula in Brazil’s first round as the Right gains in Congress
The October 25 run-off opened a four-week contest over who negotiates for Brazil inside a Mercosur deal the European Union began applying only in May.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro given 27-year term for coup plotting
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided…
Brazil says EU deforestation rules hamper Mercosur trade deal negotiation
Brazilian officials said on Wednesday that new legislation enacted by the European Union to ban the import of goods linked to deforestation was complicating negotiations…
Brazil’s Lula says EU should ‘give up’ protectionism, be ‘more humble’
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on June 22 that the European Union should stop adopting a protectionist stance if it wants to reach a long-delayed…