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Brazil's presidential election could be over after just one round

Former president Lula da Silva's lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the opinion polls is so big he could win the election without the need for a second-round run-off.

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Lula vows to restore ties with EU if elected Brazil's next president

Presidential hopeful, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vows to restore ties with EU if he is elected in October.

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Corruption allegations as Bolsonaro and Lula clash in election debate

Brazil is set to elect a new president in October.

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Brazilian President Bolsonaro rally kicks off election campaign

Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicks off his election campaign in Rio with a plea to the left to join his side

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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.

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'I'm back,' ex-president Lula tells supporters after prison release

Lula's 45-minute speech to cheering supporters focused on defeating right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on and improving the economic conditions of the working class.

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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.

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Sao Paulo celebrates gay pride with largest crowds yet

Hundreds of thousands of revellers flooded Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista Sunday (June 23) with a festive atmosphere as they sang and danced at the 23rd annual Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade, which organisers bill as the largest gay pride parade in the world.

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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.

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Brazil presidential election: Lula barred from race

Brazil presidential election: Lula barred from race

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In light of the Lula case a former Brazilian president talks exclusively to euronews about corruption in Brazil

Fernando Henrique Cardoso talks about the level of corruption in Brazil and how the legal system is fighting against it

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Prison decision means former Brazilian president cannot stand in October's election.

Lula da Silva's lawyers argued that he should have been allowed to stay out of jail until all appeals were heard

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Lula returns home... for now

Brazil's ex-president could face jail within a week.

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Lula facing possible jail

Brazil's Supreme court to rule on bail application

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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