Lula vows to take on Amazon crime if returned to power in Brazil elections
Ex-president says he will clamp down on illegal miners and loggers after murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira The leading candidate to become Brazil’s...
Category : Jair Bolsonaro
Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’
Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations Two...
Lula says Bolsonaro ‘possessed by devil’ as he launches Brazil election campaign
Leftwing frontrunner counters far-right president’s efforts to demonize him with evangelical voters in bitterly divided country Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has...
Brazil’s presidential campaign launches amid fears of violence and upheaval
Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated Campaigning in Brazil’s most important election...
Citizens’ manifesto declares Brazilian democracy facing ‘immense danger’
Declaration comes amid fears Jair Bolsonaro could attempt January 6-style coup to retain power if voted out in October Brazilian democracy faces a moment of...
Outrage in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro avoids five charges related to Covid response
Senators call for investigation into top prosecutor after charges against president shelved Brazilian senators are calling for an investigation into one of the country’s top...
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 Electoral officials and senior politicians have criticised the...
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 Brazilian political leaders called for calm this week after the...
Brazil: Boris Johnson’s fall met with hope and humour by foes of Bolsonaro
UK prime minister’s fellow populist is facing a tough re-election fight in October against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tremors from the political...
Bolsonaro’s ‘surrender of Amazon to crooks played role in murders of Phillips and Pereira’
Brazilian president’s dismantling of environmental safeguards partly to blame, says politician leading inquiry Jair Bolsonaro’s demolition of Brazil’s Indigenous and environmental protection services and “surrender...
