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Bolsonaro backers call on Brazil military to intervene after Lula victory

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday held rallies to call for an armed forces intervention following the election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that military experts say is out of the question.

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Will Brazil's Bolsonaro, now defeated, go to jail?

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once took a stab at predicting the outcome of his 2022 re-election bid: "Prison, death or victory."

AFP

Elderly man dies after hand is trapped in train door dragging him along platform

Jose Alves Simao, 82, was tragically killed when his hand became trapped in a train door at a metro station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he was dragged along the platform

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Brazil protests mount as Bolsonaro mum on election loss

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian police on Tuesday fired teargas at protesters who blocked major highways for a second day over the election loss of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has yet to concede defeat.

AFP

Brazil's Bolsonaro still silent on election loss to Lula

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro maintained an increasingly loud silence Monday after his election defeat, failing to acknowledge his loss to veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- who faces a tough to-do list.

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Brazil awaits Bolsonaro's next move as Lula faces tough to-do list

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - After a stunning political comeback and massive victory party, Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faced a tough to-do list Monday -- complicated by incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who has not acknowledged defeat.

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Lula makes dramatic comeback with narrow Brazil poll victory

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a new term as Brazilian president Sunday, capping a remarkable political comeback to defeat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a deeply divisive, down-to-the-wire runoff election.

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Brazil on knife-edge in Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilians were on the edge of their seats Sunday awaiting results from an election battle between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a bitterly divisive race seen as too close to call.

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Brazil awaits result in cliffhanger Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil was on a knife-edge Sunday as it awaited results from an election battle between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist arch-rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a bitterly divisive race seen as too close to call.

AFP

Bolsonaro seizes on Brazil's soccer glory during election

After casting his vote for in Brazil’s presidential election in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was hoisting a silver trophy into the air alongside newly crowned soccer champions

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Brazil votes in white-knuckle Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil was on a knife-edge Sunday as voters chose between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist arch-rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a presidential election seen as too close to call.

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Brazil votes in down-to-wire Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilians voted Sunday in a white-knuckle presidential runoff election, choosing between wildly different visions of their future offered by far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist arch-rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

AFP

Brazil on tenterhooks in Bolsonaro, Lula election showdown

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilians will vote Sunday in a white-knuckle presidential race, choosing between wildly different visions of their future offered by incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

AFP

Viagra, exorcism and lies: Brazil's testy final election debate

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - The word "liar" rang out dozens of times Friday night in a bitter final debate that also featured mentions of exorcism and Viagra, as Brazil's presidential rivals made a last-ditch bid for votes two days before a run-off election.

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Bolsonaro-Lula presidential race down to the wire in Brazil, polls show

Brazil's heated presidential race has tightened ahead of a Sunday vote, several opinion surveys showed on Saturday, with right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro eroding a slight advantage for leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in most polls.

AFP

Bolsonaro, Lula on the attack in final debate for Brazil vote

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva repeatedly slammed each other as liars in a final debate Friday night that touched on the economy, corruption and foreign policy only two days before Brazil's run-off elections.

France 24

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…

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Brazil on edge as polarizing runoff goes down to wire

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - After a bitterly divisive campaign and inconclusive first-round vote, Brazil will elect its next president Sunday in a cliffhanger runoff between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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Brazil: The community garden offering seeds of hope to Rio's favela residents

In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…

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Gisele Fetterman, wife of Pa. Senate candidate, spotlights her history as an undocumented immigrant

She left a gang-plagued neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro at age 7, crossing illegally into the U.S. with her family and living in a one-room New York apartment, scavenging furniture while her mother cleaned houses. Today, she’s an activist and campaign surrogate for her husband, who’s running for the Senate…

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Brazil's dirty campaign: a disinformation guide

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil's election campaign has been an orgy of mudslinging, social media attacks and outright lies so outlandish they are sometimes comical.

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Jessica Andrade vs. Lauren Murphy booked for UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro

Former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade is moving back up to flyweight to face Lauren Murphy.

AFP

Age, health on the ballot in Brazil's Bolsonaro-Lula runoff

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - One is a 67-year-old who has been in and out of hospital over the past four years for gastric problems.The other is a 76-year-old ex-smoker and cancer survivor.

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Joanderson Brito explains Dan Ige callout after UFC Fight Night 212 win: ‘The styles match up’

Moments after his UFC Fight Night 212 win, Joanderson Brito told the world what he wants next: Dan Ige in Rio de Janeiro.

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