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Brazil's rural boomtowns ensure Bolsonarismo's future

The small city of Catanduva in the rural farm belt of Sao Paulo state has been ahead of the political curve in Brazil.

Reuters

First Thing: Elon Musk reportedly plans to become Twitter’s interim CEO

Musk ‘fires top executives’; $44bn deal will give world’s richest person control of platform with 230m users. Plus, world close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Democrats warn of consequences if Bolsonaro denies vote results

Democrats warn of consequences if Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to recognize the outcome of a democratic election.

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Lula or Bolsonaro? Putin says he has good relations with both

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had good relations with both Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro, the two candidates in Sunday's runoff in the Brazilian presidential election.

Reuters

Brazil’s education system in crisis as Bolsonaro takes aim at universities

Over the last four years, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has made steep budget cuts to Brazil’s public universities. In the run-up to the second and final round of presidential elections, his government announced a new freeze on funds, angering students anew. The fields of education, culture and environmental studies have…

France 24

Brazil's top court set to rule in favor of Amazon Fund revival

Brazil's Supreme Court is set to demand that the government reactivate a billion-dollar international fund aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest as the nation faces rampant deforestation, according to a court statement on Thursday.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula keeps lead in roughly stable race against Bolsonaro, two polls show

Brazil's leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains the lead over his far-right adversary President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday's runoff election, according to two polls on Thursday that showed the race is roughly stable.

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Bolsonaro shores up evangelical support in tight Brazil election

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro heads into Sunday's election with strong support among evangelical Christians, a key demographic that his rival former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been courting in a tight presidential race.

Reuters

The Guardian view on Brazil’s election: Bolsonaro’s return would cost us all

Editorial: The planet cannot afford a second term for the far-right president who has resurged in the polls

The Guardian - UK

Fears Bolsonaro may not accept defeat as son cries fraud before Brazil election

Claim of ‘greatest electoral fraud ever seen’ raises concern that far-right president is echoing Donald Trump’s playbook

The Guardian - US

Analysis-Brazil's Green New Deal: Lula promises environmental policy overhaul

Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is vowing an environmental overhaul of government policy on a scale rivaling the proposed U.S. Green New Deal, according to his senior advisers, campaign documents and Workers Party policy papers.

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro to appeal to top court ahead of Sunday's election runoff

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro plans to appeal to the Supreme Court over a national electoral authority ruling that rejected his campaign's complaint about radio station ads, raising tensions just three days before a runoff vote that opinion polls predict he is likely to lose to his leftist adversary.

Reuters

Brazil's universities hit by massive budget cuts under Bolsonaro

There are just a few days to go until the second round of the presidential run-off in Brazil. Both incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing rival Lula da Silva are leaving no stone unturned in trying to convince voters that they've got what it takes to lead the country going…

France 24

First Thing: Climate crisis funds ‘not delivered’ to countries in grave need

With famine in Somalia almost inevitable, $100bn a year pledge criticised. Plus, China is locking down parts of Wuhan again

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Bolsonaro’s campaign relies on ‘secret budget’ payoffs to win Brazil’s election

The government slush fund, which amounts to about one-fifth of the entire discretionary spending budget, has little or no oversight

Reuters

Analysis-Donations from Brazil farm sector boost Bolsonaro's re-election bid

Agribusiness leaders contributed the lion's share of financing for President Jair Bolsonaro's re-election campaign, underscoring his close ties with farm interests, while his leftist challenger relied almost exclusively on public party funding.

The Independent UK

On Sunday, Brazil's bitter presidential race comes to an end

On Sunday, Brazilians are choosing between two futures

Reuters

Brazil's Lula widens lead slightly over Bolsonaro in two polls

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over President Jair Bolsonaro has widened slightly to six percentage points less than a week ahead of a runoff vote, two polls showed on Wednesday.

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Explainer-What Brazil's election means for the Amazon rainforest

Brazil's presidential election on Sunday may determine the fate of the Amazon jungle, the world's largest rainforest, after deforestation soared in the past four years under President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Guardian - US

‘It will be extremely close’: bellwether state holds key to Brazil election

Lula, the leftwing favourite, and Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent, are campaigning hard in Minas Gerais, which has a long record of picking the president

Financial Times

How Bolsonaro built a rightwing movement bigger than his presidency

The Brazilian leader’s coalition of supporters will continue to shape the country’s politics whether he wins or loses this weekend’s election

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro considering minimum wage increase after leaked reports

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's government is considering raising the minimum wage and civil servants' salaries above inflation, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, but he denied intentions to end middle class tax benefits.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 10, 'accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with his uncle's gun'

Gabriel Gustavo de Souza Mota was playing with his cousin in Brazil when he stood on a stool and took his uncle's firearm before accidentally shooting himself in the head

The Independent UK

Brazilian voters attacked by misinformation days before vote

Brazilian voters are being bombarded by online misinformation, less than a week before they pick their next leader

Reuters

Analysis-Bolsonaro's cash injection gains traction with poor Brazilians ahead of vote

A wave of new government spending by President Jair Bolsonaro may be giving him a boost in the final stretch of a close reelection campaign, opinion polling shows, in a dangerous precedent for electoral law, according to legal experts.

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