"Over the past decade, Brazil’s social fabric and institutions have been transformed in ways that have enabled the rise and ...

By Ricardo Martins in Utrecht On October 4, Brazilians went to the polls to vote for the president, two-thirds of the members ...

Four years after President Lula narrowly defeated Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil is back at the ballot box. This time, Lula faces ...

Dr. McKenna is a political sociologist at Harvard and the author of “The Paradox of Participation: Organizing Authoritarianism in Democratic Brazil.” The millions of Brazilians who went to the polls ...

By Marcela Ayres and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Brazil's next president is set to inherit an unusually large number of appointments to the country's most powerful institutions, with ...

There are multiple names on the presidential ballot, but only two matter: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the 80-year-old incumbent known as Lula, and his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, whose ...

President Lula promised Brazilians four years ago they'd be able to afford picanha again. Now, as he seeks another term, the ...

After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva grew up in deep poverty, the seventh of eight children born to a family of illiterate farmers ...

Brazil politics in 2026 centres on a presidential election on October 4, with 214.2 million people choosing a president, governors and Congress.