Brazilians are voting in Sunday’s polarizing presidential runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, a contest that will determine whether the U.S. will significantly expand its growing influence in Latin America. Polls showed the two candidates, who need more than 50% of the vote to become Brazil’s next leader in […]
Arsenal summer signing Bruno Guimaraes (Picture: Getty) Arsenal have received a significant boost in their pursuit of Brazil midfielder Breno Bidon and expect Bruno Guimaraes to ‘help’ get the deal over the line. The Gunners have been heavily linked with a move for Bidon over the last 12 months and are keen to bring the […]
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son […]
Estevao is struggling for game time at Chelsea (Picture: Shutterstock) Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti appears unfazed that Estevao is not getting much game time for Chelsea, insisting he will continue to pick him anyway. The 19-year-old joined the Blues from Palmeiras and made his debut for the Premier League side in August last year. His […]
Brazilian police said Friday they had captured a suspected serial killer linked to at least 16 deaths since May, who was arrested while disguised as a woman and carrying a baby. He claims to have killed more than four times that number. The suspect was arrested Sunday after a 30-hour police manhunt in a forested […]
Rio de Janeiro — Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said Monday that it had suspended livestreams in Brazil after criticism that it failed to protect children and adolescents. The move came in the wake of a suicide case. Brazil’s government, under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the country’s Supreme […]
Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two U.S. State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest political barb between the two countries. The move became public after The Washington Post reported the Brazilian government saying the officials, Riley M. Barnes, an assistant […]