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Petrobras news today: oil output rose to 2.96 million barrels a day in September and Q2...
Lula government news today: Congress ended the six-day work week on 16 October, the Senate cleared...
Brazil news today in English: the 25 October runoff, the end of the six-day work week,...
Justice André Mendonça suspended a Lula TV ad tying Flávio Bolsonaro to militias, with a R$10,000 fine per...
Internal Meta messages show staff knew Instagram curbs hurt Lula, Folha reports. Campaign says 1.3 million missed ads;...
Roberto Cláudio, who ran with Ciro Gomes in Ceará, says he will vote for Flávio Bolsonaro in the...
Brazil's electoral court rejected Flávio Bolsonaro's urgent bid to restrict pro-Lula unions and student groups. See the ruling...
Brazil's electoral court approved six tests for when a WhatsApp channel counts as campaign activity. One test can...
A PoderData/Aya poll puts Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied at 50% of valid votes, down from a six-point...
A Bahia judge barred Salvador's city council from giving Flávio Bolsonaro its citizen title at a 17 October...
Futura/100% Cidades poll released 16 October puts Flávio Bolsonaro at 50.8% and Lula at 49.2% of valid votes,...