
Brazil Runoff Poll Puts Flávio Bolsonaro One Point Ahead of Lula
Quaest (21 Sept 2026): Flávio Bolsonaro 42%, Lula 41% in the runoff — a technical tie. Same-day BTG/Nexus shows Lula...
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Quaest (21 Sept 2026): Flávio Bolsonaro 42%, Lula 41% in the runoff — a technical tie. Same-day BTG/Nexus shows Lula...
September 22, 2026
Lula and Trump at the UN: Brazil’s president warned against foreign meddling in the 4 October vote, and Trump, speaking...
September 22, 2026
Brazil's Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered 8 January rioter Jackson Uriel de Souza Vieira, pictured with a police baton, to...
September 21, 2026
A fuel distributors investigation by Brazil’s consumer secretariat targets Vibra, Ipiranga, Ale and nine other cases over unjustified price rises.
September 21, 2026
Revolut Colombia plans 1,000 ATMs over five years and a gradual public opening in early 2027, its chief said, as...
September 21, 2026
The Eneva Halliburton Venezuela memorandum pairs Brazil’s big private gas operator with a US services firm. US sanctions rules still...
September 21, 2026
A free flow toll scam in Brazil uses 480 fake payment sites to take Pix transfers from drivers. How to...
September 21, 2026
The IG4 Braskem Raízen push: Brazil’s regulator cleared a Braskem tender offer as IG4 readies a binding bid for Raízen...
September 21, 2026
Brazil Supreme Court reform is back: at least 84 amendments are pending in Congress as the Banco Master scandal puts...
September 21, 2026