World

Brazil's 2022 vote is between 'fascism and democracy', Lula warns

Lula, 75, led the Latin American country between 2003 and 2010 and is now considering mounting a challenge to Bolsonaro for a third and final term after his corruption convictions were overturned.

09/07/2021

Brazil

Bolsonaro fined 75 euros for not wearing a face mask at biker rally

Brazil's far-right president spoke to 12,000 bikers at an event in Sao Paulo where he cast doubt on the death toll from coronavirus.

13/06/2021

Brazil

Brazil: Tens of thousands protest Bolsonaro's response to COVID-19

Protesters are calling for the president to be impeached. Brazil has the world's second-highest death toll with more than 461,000 lives lost since the beginning of the pandemic.

30/05/2021

Brazil

'We're super tired of this war': Life on Brazil's COVID-19 frontline

Euronews was given access to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the city with the highest per capita coronavirus death rate in the country.

12/01/2021

World

Will Trump's defeat dent the ambitions of authoritarian leaders?

Several European and global leaders forged close links with the US President Donald Trump. Right wing leaders, including the Presidents of Poland and Turkey will be now watching the changes at the White House, in the knowledge that past diplomatic relations may be substantially changing.

12/11/2020

World

Economy or lockdown? Bolsonaro’s deadly gamble with COVID-19

'People are going to die': President Jair Bolsonaro is at the centre of Brazil's worsening COVID-19 crisis.

22/05/2020

Brazil

Brazilian ex-president released from prison

Lula had been favored to win the 2018 presidential election, but his conviction in a corruption investigation prohibited him from running.

08/11/2019

Brazil

Brazil's former president Temer arrested in corruption probe

Brazil's former president, Michel Temer, arrested corruption investigation.

21/03/2019

Brazil

Voting polls close in Brazil's presidential race

The critical race for power in Brazil has come to a close as 147 million voters went to the polls to elect Brazil’s next president.

07/10/2018

Brazil

Critical election for Brazil

Seven of Jair Bolsonaro's rivals took part in the televised duel, but he declined to join them citing medical advice related to stabbing injuries he received during the campaign

05/10/2018

Brazil

Why Brazil's far-right candidate could be the country's next president

A tough stance on crime and a low corruption profile give Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far-right candidate a real chance at winning the upcoming elections.

04/10/2018

Brazil

Flavio and Eduardo Bolsonaro campaign for hosptialized father

Flavio and Eduardo Bolsonaro, two of the leading presidential candidate's five children said their father "is on the road to recovery. And it's likely that he won't be back on the streets during this campaign. But we can be," Flavio told reporters.

09/09/2018

Brazil

Stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate remains in a 'serious but stable' condition

Support for Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro surges after a stabbing attack.

08/09/2018

Brazil

The moment ‘Brazil’s Donald Trump’ is stabbed at election rally

Footage shows the dramatic moment a far-right presidential candidate in Brazil was stabbed at an election rally.

07/09/2018

Brazil

Brazil's Lula nominated for president from jail

Brazil's Workers Party (PT) officially named former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as its presidential candidate on Saturday even though he is in prison on a corruption conviction that will almost certainly bar him from running.

04/08/2018

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Thousands attempt to block Brazil's ex-president Lula starting jail term

Supporters blocked cars and tore down a gate after he announced he would turn himself him

08/04/2018

Brazil

Brazil's Lula surrenders to police, begins 12-year sentence

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was taken into police custody after defying a court order to turn himself to authorities on Friday.

08/04/2018

World News

Brazil's Lula defies court deadline

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva misses a judge's deadline to hand himself in to begin 12-year jail term.

07/04/2018

Brazil

Court decision to jail former president divides Brazil

Lula da Silva could go to prison within days on a corruption conviction. Incarceration would prevent him standing in October's presidential election.

05/04/2018

Brazil

Brazil's former president rallies support as he awaits prison decision

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is still the frontrunner for October's presidential election despite facing a lengthy prison sentence on corruption and money laundering charges

03/04/2018