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Presidential candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro continue their campaigns and mass baths a week from the first round. On September 26, the son of the right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was escorted by a motorcyclist caravan, while the current president met with his followers in São Paulo.
President of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the ban on sports betting and online casinos in Brazil, a measure the Government considers necessary to combat the indebtedness of families and the mental health problems associated with the game.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva goes for a fourth term after decades of leading Brazil's policy. Born in poverty, cured at work, formed in trade union, his ability to put himself in the elector's shoes has driven him over and over again. Without a significant relief in its in-sight training and with challenges, such as insecurity, Trump's tariff pressure or the economy, it leads one of the last strongholds to resist the advancement of the extreme right in Latin America.
The president, tied with Bolsonaro son, vetoes digital gambling to face the serious crisis of debt and addiction
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the ban on online gambling and digital casinos in Brazil, a decision that reaches just nine days from the presidential and legislative elections and which the Government presents as a measure to protect the finances of families. The decision is a turn for a sector that Lula's own administration had regulated and that in recent years became a multi-million-dollar business.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday signed an order banning fixed-odds betting just over a week ahead of the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt.
Lula, who is currently in a tight presidential race against Flávio Bolsonaro, said the industry was a "cancer" that he must "remove".
Only nine days after the federal and presidential elections in Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva banned online betting, which, according to experts, are responsible for much of the debt of families in Brazil. With this measure it seeks to limit the action of online casinos and sports betting platforms. Lula has also committed to sending a bill to the National Congress. Report from our correspondent, Valeria Saccone.
The economy in Foz do Iguaçu is in crisis and many blame President and candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This border city lives from the tourism of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Centre and from trade, but sales have fallen and GDP has been retracted by about 3%. In 2022, Jair Bolsonaro received 66% of the votes in Foz do Iguaçu, and since then Paraná, in southern Brazil, has become an increasingly conservative state. Report from our correspondent Valeria Saccone and Fanny Lothaire.
Brazilians go to the polls on October 4. The front-runners are multilateralist incumbent Lula da Silva and former President Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, who wants to bring Brazil closer to the US and away from China.
Brazil is preparing for the presidential and legislative elections on 4 October, in a scenario marked by political polarization, insecurity and government wear-off. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are taking part in an adjusted dispute according to several surveys, while the composition of the Congress will be decisive for the next term. With about 158 million voters called, we analyze the keys to a vote that can redefine the direction of the South American giant. Link of France 24 follows the electoral pulse of Brazil.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is up two points, but that's still within the poll's margin of error.
The octogenary and historical leader of the Brazilian progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is trying to conquer a new term in front of Flávio, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, convicted and detained for attempted coup. With new discussion themes and up-to-date profiles, polarization is renewed and seems as adjusted as in 2022.
The first day of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York was marked by speeches about war, artificial intelligence and climate crisis. Discourses such as Trump, Macron and Lula showed a fracture in multilateralism. Sergio Castaño Riaño, international analyst, doctor in International Relations and coordinator of the degree in International Relations at the International University of La Rioja, addresses the issue in France 24.
The UN opened its 81st General Assembly in New York with the role of Trump, Lula and Macron. Trump proclaimed that the US is' the most powerful country in the world '; Lula denounced the democratic crisis in Venezuela and Cuba; and Macron called for greater international commitment to Palestine.
Less than two weeks after the presidential elections, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly marked by the election campaign. He denounced "hegemonic temptations" and external interference in Latin America, defended the Brazilian electoral system and warned that "democracy is again in check."
Brazil is going through one of the most serious crises in recent years and the epicenter is paradoxically in the institution that over the last decade has become the bulwark of the defence of democracy: the Supreme Court. The fracture in the maximum cut takes place in the middle of a polarized presidential campaign, in which the ultra-decerechist Flávio Bolsonaro and the left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are also splashed. Who loses and who benefits?
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned the “pain and trauma” inflicted by Israel’s government in Gaza.
Donald Trump hailed his own record and hinted at a chance for peace in Iran and Ukraine. Turkey's president called for more pressure on Israel. UN leaders called for more global interdependence. DW has the latest.
