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“That is the prospect for the Amazon rainforest for at least the next four years if Flávio Bolsonaro holds on to the lead he established this week in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election.”

“The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead in the presidential race, but also underscored how far the former president has come in building a political dynasty.”

“How the election works Brazil’s president is directly elected: each voter’s ballot counts equally and there is no electoral college.”

“On the other, Trump has promised a “big surprise” come 3 November – and polls have predicted the wrong results for previous elections.”

“In July, as the election campaign was kicking into gear, Trump tried his tariff trick again, imposing a new 25% rate on some Brazilian goods.”

“On Sunday, Brazilians go to the polls in a presidential election that many believe will determine more than Latin America’s largest country’s fate for the next four years.”

“The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has claimed he is the only thing standing in the way of far-right “fascists” reclaiming power, as he led a huge rally through the streets of Rio ahead of Sunday’s crunch election.”

“A row of Biblical proportions has erupted in the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election, with the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, emerging as an unlikely kingmaker in the deadlocked race.”

“Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into…”

“Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling in next month’s presidential election.”

“Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from opponents who say the moves are electorally motivated just…”

“With less than a month before nearly 159 million Brazilians choose their next leader on 4 October, the election appears on a knife-edge, with the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, neck-and-neck in…”

“The far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro was in his final days as Brazil’s president when, six weeks after losing the election and still refusing to recognise the result, he summoned the heads of the armed forces to a meeting.”

“That has kindled fears of a US military intervention on Brazilian soil or interference in Brazil’s presidential election.”