Brazil

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ahead in the polls. But will his authoritarian rival, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, accept the result if ...

[Lula stands far ahead in the polls](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/lula-s-support-puts-first-round-win-back-in-play-datafolha-says). Brazil now seems likely to join this group, swinging the region’s ideological pendulum to the left in an [apparent revival of the “pink tide](https://www.thenation.com/article/world/lula-brazil-bolosnaro-amorim/).” [only if he himself judges that they were fairly held](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-says-may-not-accept-2022-election-under-current-voting-system-2021-07-07/). [privileged groups](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/americas/brazil-protests-favelas/index.html) and deftly managed through social media campaigns, grew to include [voters across](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/americas/brazil-protests-favelas/index.html) the economic and political spectrum. [return of the left across Latin America](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/pink-tide-south-america-politics-economy/) has renewed hopes that gains in cutting poverty, which took off 20 years ago, will resume. Throughout his term in office, Bolsonaro has [actively promoted the destruction of the Amazon forest](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-deforestation-term-intl-latam/index.html) and [portrayed indigenous peoples](https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-indigenous-communities-resist-bolsonaro/a-51909742) [and environmental groups](https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-environmental-ngo) as working against the interests of the nation. [order to resist](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-rousseff-protests-idUSKBN0MB0WJ20150316) this progressive path. Meanwhile, [nostalgia for a military dictatorship](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/the-brazilian-nostalgia-for-dictatorship) that most citizens never experienced influences some voters, particularly conservative ones. [Brazilian politics](https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/rafael-r-ioris) and [modern Latin American history](https://www.bu.edu/history/profile/jeffrey-w-rubin/), we have studied Brazil from the ground up. That project will be the task of a broad center-left coalition led by [former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/lula-presidential-return-brazil-polls-banish-bolsonaro) of the Workers Party. Lula’s economic and welfare policies, for example, [brought 30 million people out of poverty](https://www.npr.org/2017/07/16/537509429/the-next-step-for-brazils-lula) and provided lower-income, mostly nonwhite Brazilians with new opportunities for upward mobility. But the erosion in his polling numbers has opened the path for some moderate conservatives to join ranks with Lula to try to prevent Bolsonaro’s reelection.

South America's largest democracy will hold presidential elections on Oct. 2 with two iconic Latin American populists as competing candidates: Mr. Bolsonaro ...

She has been leading a project called “Encantar a Política” (“Enchanting Politics”), whose main objective is to recover the sense of a common good in political culture. Instead of promoting division in settings where there is already a lot of conflict, Catholics should be the ones “bringing love and enchantment to politics,” Ms. He said two issues have to be taken more seriously in the current relations between the church and the political establishment in Brazil. “In this political moment, the Catholic Church needs to be more discerning, prophetic and courageous,” he said. Calling on Brazilians to vote with “consciousness and responsibility,” the bishops have lamented the manner in which candidates have exploited religion. Brazil’s bishops have encouraged voters to choose candidates for Congress and the presidency who are “committed to the integral defense of life, defending it at all stages, from conception to natural death,” a message that would apparently put many Catholics at odds with Mr. “Stirring up the political process, fomenting chaos and encouraging authoritarian actions are definitely not a project of interest to the Brazilian people,” the bishops said. [access to vaccines was discouraged or hindered by the federal government](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/world/americas/brazil-covid-variants-vaccinations.html) and by Mr. Bolsonaro, in fact, had been elected to Congress and the presidency through the system he now insinuates is defective. Poverty has been on the rise during the crisis, and more than 33.1 million Brazilians—16 percent of all households—are living in hunger, a number 73 percent higher than two years ago, according to the [Brazilian Network for Research on Food Security](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220608-historic-setback-for-brazil-as-hunger-surges). A Trump-style social media campaign to undermine confidence in the electoral system conducted by Mr. Different civil authorities, such as the attorney general and Supreme Court justices, used the ceremony to defend the current electoral model and the integrity of the electronic voting system.

Brazil's global football tour continued in Paris with an entertaining 5-1 win over Tunisia at the Parc des Princes. The crowd in France were treated to an ...

Pedro added a fifth late on with a good finish to put the icing on the cake of a comfortable victory. The red was a bizarre decision and seemed to be a complete overreaction, spurred on by Neymar's histrionics and the complaints of his teammates. Dylan Bronn made a late challenge on the Paris Saint-Germain star and after a scuffle involving both teams, was shown a red card by the referee.

Rampant Brazil have destroyed 10-man Tunisia 5-1 with Raphinha scoring twice and setting up another goal in their last game before the World Cup.

Ecuador drew 0-0 with Japan in Germany while the United States and Saudi Arabia also finished scoreless in Spain. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick. The Selecao extended their lead through a Neymar penalty in the 29th minute and Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack.

Richarlison was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal when a banana was thrown on the pitch as the Brazilian FA condemned the incident on Twitter.

It read: “Unfortunately a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal. I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe.” Footage showed Manchester United midfielder Fred kicking the banana away.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

What appeared to be a water bottle and another object also were thrown toward them. [before the teams' derby match](/soccer/atletico-madrid-espatletico_madrid/story/4749893/atletico-madrid-fans-filmed-racially-abusing-real-madrid-forward-vinicius) on Sept. [Richarlison](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/156799/Richarlison), who is Black, had just scored the team's second goal in a [5-1 win](/soccer/report?gameId=652193) at Parc des Princes when the banana was thrown toward him and the other Brazilians celebrating near one of the corner flags.

That was a mess of a friendly match, but the Selecao handled it as well as possible.

They will enter the World Cup as one of the favourites, and it appears What was meant to intimidate Brazil in another act of bigotry towards Tite's team did no such thing. Brazil encountered a racist fan incident, laser pointers from the stands and rash defensive challenges from Tunisia in a 5-1 victory on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes.

PARIS: Rampant Brazil destroyed 10-man Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly on Tuesday with Raphinha scoring twice and setting up another goal in their last game...

However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free-kick. Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack. Raphinha opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a brilliant header from the edge of the area over goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen.

Richarlison of Brazil controls the ball during the international friendly match between Brazil and Tunisia at Parc des Princes on September 27, 2022 in Paris, ...

The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today.

We also struggled against torture inside prisons and helped to establish the official organism that combats it in Brazil," he said. "In the case of privatized penitentiaries, nobody wants to assume responsibility for those problems. But we have always fought for the people. over the past 50 years." Mayra Balan, a lawyer for the prison ministry, told Catholic News Service: "Privatization has transformed the mass of people who break the law into commodities. I was treated indignantly all along the process," she said. Things can only get worse like that," said Maria Nazaré Saraiva Alcântara, coordinator of the prison ministry in the Archdiocese of Manaus. Sister Pfaller said since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, violence has been growing in the penal system. "The Brazilian state has opted for a highly repressive policy when it comes to conflict resolution," she added. To make things worse, over the past decades, many penitentiaries have been built and administered by private companies, which are paid according to the number of detainees. In general, the state buys food and clothes from private providers with large amounts of public money involved. People with money can hire attorneys and manage to stay out of prison.

The macho incumbent may try to attempt a US Capitol-style coup if defeated, says James N Green, professor of Brazilian history and culture at Brown ...

[January 6-style](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/20/january-6-hearings-trump-violated-law-stop-attack) attempt to overturn the election results remains to be seen. Finally eligible to run for the presidency, he immediately surged in the polls. [mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/outrage-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-avoids-five-charges-related-to-covid-response) alienated many supporters. Knowing that Lula is ahead in the polls, US policymakers are signalling that they can live with a centre-left government led by the Workers’ party. Brazilian civil society organisations have also called on leaders around the world to recognise the election results. [sentenced to 12 years in prison](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/lula-brazil-released-prison-supreme-court-ruling). In August, and in response to Bolsonaro’s calls for armed forces to monitor the election results, some of the country’s most prominent lawyers and public figures issued a manifesto in defence of democracy, Bolsonaro was catapulted to the presidential palace four years ago under unusual circumstances. If you can get the armed forces or militias to intervene, all the better. If you lose, simply blame the press, the polls and the voting machines. Its far-right incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, will have to pull off the seemingly impossible to defeat his centre-left rival. As Brazil prepares to head to the polls in early October, the country is bracing for a change of course.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

[Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367) forward Richarlison, who was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal of the game, said racism will continue "every day and everywhere" if it goes unpunished. "We are accustomed, it always happens with our national team," Rodrigo told Spanish radio station COPE. No time bro!"

President Jair Bolsonaro has sowed doubts about election security and urged his base to “go to war” if the vote is “stolen.”

“They don’t respect democracy, they don’t respect congress, and they don’t respect the judiciary,” said João Roberto Martins Filho, a professor at the Federal University of São Carlos and a former president of the Brazilian Association of Defense Studies. “If it is God’s will, I will continue,” he said in an interview with a pool of evangelical podcasters this month. “He could summon his supporters to take to the streets and cause turmoil, especially if there’s a second round,” said Guilherme Casarões, a political analyst at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. Former presidential candidates across the political spectrum have thrown their support behind Lula for the sake of “democracy.” In August, thousands of Brazilians gathered at the University of São Paulo’s law school, site of an anti-dictatorship protest in 1977, to rally for the rule of law. “We want to avoid an episode such as the Capitol invasion.” “But the people are not going to stand by quietly as the chair is stolen from a president who everyone voted for and loved.” A compromise with election officials will allow the military to audit a small sampling of the ballots cast Sunday. Bolsonaro also has pressed for the military to conduct a vote count in parallel with election officials. After a supreme court judge warned of the potential for political violence, Bolsonaro pointedly told his supporters to not stage a “new Capitol” invasion. Should he win outright, any attempt by Bolsonaro to cling to power would come up against institutions that are weaker than those in the United States — and would be the biggest challenge to democracy here since the end of the dictatorship in 1985. I think a number of autocrats could very well be put on the back foot.” The vote — Sunday is the first round — is pitting Bolsonaro’s supporters, the most radical of whom want a strongman in office, against Brazilians eager to end his Trumpian run.

During the match, a banana was thrown from the stands toward the Brazil players while they were celebrating a goal. Brazilian players have been vocal ...

I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe," Brazilian FA president Ednaldo Rodrigues said. Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick.

Richarlison responded angrily on Wednesday to racist abuse after he scored as Brazil thrashed Tunisia in a friendly in Paris.

Football is a sport that promotes inclusion," said Tite. "Unfortunately... No time left, man!"

PARIS, Sept 28 — Rampant Brazil destroyed 10-man Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly on Tuesday with Raphinha scoring twice and setting up another goal in their last ...

I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe,” Brazilian FA president Ednaldo Rodrigues said. Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick.

Brazil's impressive end to its World Cup preparation was overshadowed by racist abuse as forward Richarlison had a banana thrown at him by a fan during the ...

“Those are dances to celebrate the cultural diversity of the world. “But my desire to win, my smile and the sparkle in my eyes are much bigger than that. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was at Tuesday’s game at the Parc des Princes. I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe.” I was a victim of a xenophobic and racist comment. “They belong to Ronaldinho, Neymar, [Lucas] Paqueta, [Antoine] Griezmann, Joao Felix, Matheus Cunha … I’m not going to stop.” But none of that started yesterday. The Tottenham Hotspur star scored Brazil’s second goal but as he celebrated a banana was thrown at him among other objects. CBF President Ednaldo Rodrigues later added: “This time, I saw it with my own eyes. This shocks us. “Unfortunately a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal,” read a CBF statement on Twitter.

Brazil's leader said last month he would respect any election outcome come October, if voting is clean. That still leaves plenty of risk.

PARIS: Richarlison responded angrily on Wednesday to racist abuse after he scored as Brazil thrashed Tunisia in a friendly in Paris. “As long as you c...

Football is a sport that promotes inclusion,“ said Tite. “Unfortunately... No time left, man!” he tweeted in Portuguese.

Polls show left-wing former president Lula ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on October 2.

“Now they are emboldened to express these views.” [](https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/we-will-all-die-if-we-continue-like-this-indigenous-people-push-un-for-climate-justice/) Two weeks ago, the former president’s environment minister, Marina Silva, who resigned in 2008 over objections to hydroelectric dam permitting, endorsed his candidacy after he agreed to implement [a list of environmental policies](https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/09/12/marina-silva-divulga-propostas-entregues-a-lula-leia-integra-da-carta-compromisso.ghtml) that she proposed. More recently, activists decried Lula’s support for reconstructing the [BR-319 highway through the Amazon](https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/br-319-hearings-an-attack-on-brazils-interests-and-amazonias-future-commentary/). [by over 70 percent](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/fatos-primeiro-lula-e-impreciso-ao-citar-reducao-de-desmatamento-na-amazonia-nos-governos-petistas/). Between 2010 and 2021, illegal mining [increased on Indigenous lands by 632 percent](https://observatoriodamineracao.com.br/bolsonaro-cumpre-promessa-e-garimpo-em-terras-indigenas-cresce-632-em-uma-decada/), with the most drastic increases occurring under Bolsonaro’s watch. “Lula in 2022 is a different animal,” said Angelo. He also appointed anti-environmentalist staff to regulatory agencies across the federal government and prevented enforcement of environmental policy. Plus, Angelo adds, in contrast to his first tenure, they are now heavily armed as Bolsonaro has relaxed gun control laws. In his current campaign, the former president has spoken out against the destruction of the Amazon, promising to put an end to illegal mining and fight organized networks driving deforestation. [recent polling](https://especiaisg1.globo/politica/eleicoes/2022/pesquisas-eleitorais/presidente/1-turno/) from the group IPEC, Lula has been picking up steam in the final days of the campaign, solidifying a significant lead. IPEC’s polling indicates that if the election were to take place today, Lula would likely receive 52 percent of the valid vote — after deducting null ballots — which points to a possible first-round victory. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on October 2, the election goes to a runoff on October 30.

In Brazil's 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across the country received donations from ...

He voted in favor of the administration’s agenda [97% of times](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil), including supporting bills considered harmful to the environment, [according to experts](https://ruralometro2022.reporterbrasil.org.br/politicos/jose-medeiros). Rotta is the founder and owner of [UniSeeds](https://uniseeds.com.br/quem-somos), a group that sells soy and other grain seeds. [one](https://www.camara.leg.br/propostas-legislativas/2263069) that, if approved, will limit the amount of fines that IBAMA can impose on environmental violators, with a possible reduction in overall fines. [by IBAMA](https://servicos.ibama.gov.br/ctf/publico/areasembargadas/ConsultaPublicaAreasEmbargadas.php) for illegal deforestation in the municipality of Sapezal, in Mato Grosso’s northwestern corner. [Congresso em Foco](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil) (“Congress in Focus”) describes Medeiros as one of Bolsonaro’s staunchest allies in the Chamber. Mendes reportedly pressured regulators to approve a project to build small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) in one of the main rivers of the Pantanal. It was followed by the states of Rondônia, with 4.3 million reais ($1.1 million); São Paulo, with 1.6 million reais ($411,000); and Tocantins, with 1.5 million reais ($385,000). It shows his campaign received more than 1 million reais ($257,000) in donations from environmental violators, a figure that exceeds the amount raised by all 18 other politicians elected in the same state by the same sources. [Lucas do Rio Verde](https://www.olharjuridico.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=48025¬icia=pivetta-se-livra-de-acao-que-julga-possiveis-fraudes-a-licitacoes-em-lucas-do-rio-verde) (MT). In the 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across Brazil received donations from individuals and partners of companies linked to environmental crimes in the Amazon. In fact, more candidates were financed by environmental violators in Mato Grosso in the 2018 election than in any other state, according to the analysis, raking in 6 million reais ($1.5 million at the prevailing exchange rate) in total. It also showed that these environmental violators had racked up a combined more than 260 million reais ($67 million) as of the time of the election — more than in any other state.

Lula would enter office with a progressive agenda. Will he be able to repeat the successes of his last presidency?

[illegal mining and deforestation surged](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02644-x) across the Amazon. He is seen as a champion of Brazil’s [indigenous population](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-promises-indigenous-tribes-he-will-reverse-bolsonaro-measures-2022-04-12/) and of LGBTQ+ rights, having called homophobia a “ [perverse disease](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/06/11/brazilian-president-calls-homophobia-a-perverse-disease/)”. The overarching legacy of a Lula re-election, according to Brazil’s former finance minister Nelson Barbosa, would be “to consolidate democracy in Brazil”. (Editor’s note: for more on the shortcomings of GDP as a measure of the success or failure of a policy or leader, see [this article](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/gdp-measurement-new-zealand-beyond-economic-growth/) from our archive.) [income inequality](https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2022/06/10/default-inflation-inequality/) and provide a shot in the arm for the country’s vast informal sector (made up of tens of millions of citizens not registered in official employment data). Originally drafted in 2020, it stressed the need for an “ecological transition to a low carbon economy”, and supported a “Green New Deal”. What’s more, the inevitable horse-trading needed to secure a majority in Brazil’s fragmented congress will likely hamper an economically progressive agenda. At [90%](https://www.capitaleconomics.com/publications/latin-america-economics-focus/lula-lessons-past#no-back), the country’s gross debt-to-GDP ratio is one third higher than when Lula left office in 2010. [17-point lead](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-remains-ahead-bolsonaro-brazil-election-looms-poll-2022-09-26/) over his rival. In a last-gasp effort to woo voters, the package includes a cap on petrol taxes and handouts to low-income families. He’s already hinted that he would maintain the recently approved boost to social welfare. Although he looks set to fall short of the 50% voting share needed to avoid a second-round vote, which would take place on 30 October, he remains odds-on to win the run-off.

Brazilian stocks have outperformed global peers this year, and some investors say more gains are likely in store as neither of the two candidates vying for ...

Brazil remains tense in advance of October 2 vote, as polls show former left-wing leader ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Former ...

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