Skip to main content
KnowGovUnderstand. Power. Act.
← Data Lab

The Library

New

One story, all the way down.

Lula Campaign Asks to Probe Sudden US Shutdown of Consular Services as 'Interference in Brazilian Elections'

Just two days before Brazil's closely watched presidential election, the campaign of its left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has asked the nation's top election court to examine the sudden shutdown of US consular services as part of a broader investigation into alleged election "interference" by the Trump administration. On Friday night, the…

Sources (1)· Oct 3, 8:14 PM

brazilian presidential electionSecurityGovernment
Read it

Every telling

their own versions

The thread

brazilian presidential election →

Before

Since

How a Bolsonaro Biopic Ended Up at the Center of Brazil’s Presidential ElectionThis article is a partnership with Agência Pública. In May, now-presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, shared on his social media a “leaked” trailer for an upcoming biopic about his father. The “most anticipated movie of the year,” Flávio said then, would depict the story of a “true […]
Mother Jones7d agoWhole story →
Governmentbrazilian presidential election
Trump ally ‘likely’ to destroy Amazon rainforest as expert delivers grim predictionThe world’s largest tropical rainforest that serves as a “critical counterweight to climate change” is under threat of complete destruction following the strong electoral performance of a far-right ally to President Donald Trump, one legal expert and former Democratic lawmaker warned Monday. Flávio Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and presidential…
Raw Story6d agoWhole story →
Planetbrazilian presidential election

More like this

similar stories in the archive
U.S. and Australia suspend consular services in Brazil ahead of election citing security concernsRIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. consular services and the Australian embassy in Brazil closed Friday citing security concerns, two days before the country’s presidential election, authorities from both countries said. Also on Friday, Brazil’s federal police said they executed search and seizure warrants in Sao Paulo and the Federal District
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review9d agoWhole story →
SecurityGovernmentbrazil presidential election security
The Latest: Brazil heads to runoff presidential election between Bolsonaro, LulaPolls have closed in Brazil in a pivotal presidential election featuring incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro. Preelection polls suggest both have a chance of an outright victory. A runoff will occur on Oct. 25 if neither secures a majority. Polls closed at 5 p.m. Brasilia time, and nearly 159 million Brazilians were eligible to…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution7d agoWhole story →
GovernmentDonald Trumpbrazil presidential election
Bolsonaro Overperforms to Reach Round 2 of Brazil Presidential Election Against Incumbent Socialist LulaConservative Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro won Sunday night's presidential election in Brazil, defeating incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – but did not pass the 50 percent threshold necessary to win the presidency outright, triggering a runoff election. The post Bolsonaro Overperforms to Reach Round 2 of Brazil Presidential Election…
Breitbart News Network7d agoWhole story →
Governmentbrazil presidential election
Lula Campaign Asks to Probe Sudden US Shutdown of Consular Services as 'Interference in Brazilian Elections' – KnowGov