Lula Refuses to Back a Rescue for Brasilia’s BRB Bank
Lula says the federal government will not put money into BRB, the bank owned by the Federal District. The dispute...
September 17, 2026Section
Politics – Brazil
Brazil Rejects a US Memo Accusing It of Failing Against Its Two Largest Crime Gangs
Trump's annual drug memorandum says Brazil failed to confront the PCC and Comando Vermelho. Brazil was not listed, and its...
September 17, 2026
Brazil Polls Show Tight Governor Races in Pará and Alagoas
New polls show technical ties in the governor races in Para and Alagoas, with Hana Ghassan just ahead in Para...
September 16, 2026
Brazil’s Supreme Court Stalls Moraes Case After Dino Seeks Delay
Brazil's Supreme Court broke up without ruling on Justice Moraes after Flavio Dino asked for more time, a pause that...
September 16, 2026
Copel Fight Pulls Brazil’s Paraná Electoral Court Into Governor’s Race
Parana's electoral court ordered a candidate to pull an attack video aimed at Sergio Moro, with a daily fine attached....
September 16, 2026
Brazil Election Polls Now Disagree by Nine Points on the Same Race
Five polling firms surveyed Brazil in the same four days and produced five different races. The gap is in the...
September 15, 2026
Moraes Investigation Divides Brazil’s Supreme Court as Two Justices Step Aside
Brazil's Supreme Court weighs its first-ever criminal probe of a sitting justice. Two judges recused — a seized phone names...
September 15, 2026
Quaest Poll: 56% of Brazilians Distrust Supreme Court
A Quaest poll finds 56% of Brazilians distrust the Supreme Court, up ten points. The 2027 presidential race is a...
September 15, 2026
Fachin Unseals Banco Master Probe at Moraes Request
Justice Edson Fachin lifted secrecy on the Banco Master payment-network investigation on 14 September. BRB removed five employees the same...
September 15, 2026