Tag: Brazil

Highway Blockades Snarl Transportation in Brazil as Bolsonaro Supporters Refuse to Accept Election Results

Smoking barricades made of burning tires criss-cross sections of roads in Brazil. In other parts of the country, lines of semi-trucks have stood shoulder to shoulder for days along stretches of highway, paralyzing transportation. The scene is emblematic of the devotion and hope inspired by incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost a tight election race…


Chinese Donor to NYC Mayor Linked to CCP: Report

Is New York City’s mayor tied to the Chinese Communist Party? A report says it related one of his campaign donors to a secret Chinese police station in the city. What should Congress’s next top China priority be after the midterm elections? Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) gives his take. Brazil—the most influential country in South…


Lula Defeats Bolsonaro to Become Brazil’s President: Election Authority

SAO PAULO—Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president, Brazil’s electoral authority said. Leftist Lula had 50.8 percent of votes compared with 49.2 percent for conservative Bolsonaro with 99.1 percent of voting machines counted, which the Supreme Electoral Court said was enough to “mathematically define”…


Brazilian President Bolsonaro to Appeal to Top Court Ahead of Sunday’s Election Runoff

BRASILIA—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, three days before a runoff election vote on Sunday. “We will take this to the last consequences, within the limits of the Constitution, to uphold the findings of our…


Brazil’s Top Soccer Players Lean Toward Bolsonaro in Presidential Election

SAO PAULO—A few days before Brazil’s first round of voting in this month’s general election, a 13-second video electrified supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro: soccer star Neymar coming out in favor of his reelection bid. The video posted on Sep. 29 showed Neymar dancing to a campaign jingle highlighting Bolsonaro’s position on the ballot, and…


Messi Names France and Brazil as Favourites to Win World Cup

MEXICO CITY—Argentina captain Lionel Messi has said defending champions France and Brazil are the favourites to win the World Cup in Qatar as they have a core group of players who have played together for a long time. Messi said Brazil, Germany, France, England and Spain are always labelled favourites to win but the 35-year-old…


Neymar Tells Court He Did Not Participate in Barcelona Transfer Talks

BARCELONA—Brazil soccer star Neymar Jr. told a court on Tuesday he did not participate in negotiations over his transfer to “childhood dream” club Barcelona from Santos in 2013, but had signed what his father had told him to. Along with Neymar, 30, eight other defendants are on trial on fraud and corruption charges over the…


Brazil’s Presidential Election; Rescue and Recovery Efforts Underway in Florida After Hurricane Ian | NTD Good Morning

The polls in Brazil predicted an easy victory for one of the candidates in yesterday’s election. But that election is now headed for a second round as Bolsonaro defies expectations. Rescue and recovery operations are underway in Florida.  Find out what the state is doing to get things back in order. 125 people are killed in…


Bolsonaro, Lula Headed to Runoff After Tight Brazil Election

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the conservative incumbent in office. With 99.5 percent of the…


Brazil’s Election Sees Bolsonaro, Lula Head to Runoff Amid Tight Race

Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a runoff vote later this month after neither of the nation’s top two candidates managed to secure enough support on Sunday to claim an outright victory. Brazil’s election authority announced on Sunday that a second round of voting was a mathematical certainty. While former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,…