Brazil Electoral Fund Frees US$440 Million in Public Campaign Money
Brazil Electoral Fund: the TSE freed US$440 million in public campaign money after the Workers' Party dropped its lawsuit. Here...
August 19, 2026Section
Politics – Brazil
Brazil Election Polls: Big Leads in Brasília and São Paulo
New Brazil election polls put Celina Leão and Michelle Bolsonaro ahead in Brasília, while Tarcísio de Freitas reaches 50% in...
August 19, 2026
Brazil Justices Push to Revisit the Journalism Degree Requirement
Brazil's Supreme Court justices want to revisit the journalism degree requirement scrapped in 2009. No case, no vote and no...
August 19, 2026
Brazil’s Supreme Court Opens Criminal Case Against Evangelical Pastor Silas Malafaia
Brazil's Supreme Court opened a criminal case against evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia over an insult charge tied to a 2025...
August 19, 2026
Operation Sinon: Brazil Court Suspends Federal Police Officer Over Leaks
Operation Sinon: Brazil's Federal Police searched a serving officer suspected of selling sealed case files. Eight warrants, and no arrest...
August 19, 2026
Brazil’s Bill to End the Six-Day Week Has Been Stuck for 82 Days — and Still Has Not Reached Committee
The Brazil 6x1 work schedule bill cleared the Chamber in May, then sat on the Senate president's desk for months....
August 19, 2026
Brazil Court-Police Friction Simmers as New US Official Takes Office
Brazil's chief justice met the Federal Police director over an evidence-sharing dispute, as Washington's new Latin America official took office.
August 18, 2026
STF Suspends Indigenous Land Judgment; Audit Chief Suspended
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court suspended its marco temporal judgment on indigenous land, and Dino suspended a state audit court president.
August 18, 2026
Ineligible Marçal Files Presidential Bid in Brazil
Pablo Marçal filed a presidential registration on the final day, though he is ineligible until 2032 and the electoral court...
August 18, 2026