Naiara Galarraga Gortázar

Streaming platform Globoplay scrambled to update ‘Extremistas.br’ after the assault on Brasilia’s government buildings on the eve of the premiere

Lula’s new government is asking for the ability to regulate social media, while the Supreme Court has silenced pro-Bolsonaro voices accused of spreading falsehoods

In his first interview since losing power, the former Brazilian president tells ‘The Wall Street Journal’: ‘The right-wing movement is not dead and will live on’

The new government of Lula da Silva is clamping down on the illegal mining industry in the Amazon, where the Yanomami have been severely impacted

Presidents Lula da Silva and Alberto Fernández sign an integration agreement that includes joint energy and financing initiatives

At least 1,200 Brazilians have been detained after violently marching on the government buildings in the national capital, Brasília

Bolsonaro supporters arrived in the capital city on buses escorted by the same security forces responsible for public safety

A timeline of how a Bolsonaro march turned into a violent mob that invaded Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace

The governor of the federal district has been suspended for 90 days after he did nothing to stop extremists from storming government buildings. President Lula da Silva has accepted an invitation to the White House in February

The demonstrators are calling for the military to overthrow President Lula, who was sworn into office one week ago. Police managed to retake control of the capital, while the president accused his predecessor of instigating the riots

The leader of the Workers’ Party – who previously served as president from 2003 until 2010 – used his first day in office to sign decrees regarding deforestation, poverty reduction and gun control

The leader of Brazil’s left-wing Workers’ Party – who served as president from 2003 until 2010 – takes office this Sunday, bringing an end to four years of right-wing rule under Jair Bolsonaro

The Brazilian footballer passed away from colon cancer at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo

The 82-year-old Brazil legend was admitted to the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital with ‘general swelling” but doctors said he had ‘full control of his vital functions’

Government institutions and private companies provide employees the time and resources to see their team during the soccer tournament in Qatar

Far-right president files complaint with the Superior Electoral Tribunal, claiming irregularities with some of the ballots cast in the country’s older voting machines

The president – while not officially conceding – finally gave a brief statement to reporters two days after losing the elections to Lula

Lula da Silva, the leftist former president, will govern Brazil for the third time after securing just under 51% of the vote

The country is bracing for a nail-biting finish to what has been a bitter campaign between two of the country’s most prominent figures

Before becoming president of Brazil in 2018, the incumbent head of state spent 27 years as a congressman – his rise to power did nothing to temper his violent outbursts, distrustful nature or religious fundamentalism

At the age of 77, the first working-class president of Brazil – who took millions of people out of poverty and spent 20 months in jail – is on the cusp of winning a third term in power after Sunday’s elections

The polls point to a technical tie between the two candidates, who are courting undecided voters and seeking to curb abstentionism ahead of a final face-to-face meeting on Friday

As Lula and Bolsonaro go after handfuls of undecided or apathetic voters before the runoff election on October 30, the opposing campaigns are launching vicious attacks at each other

The 59-year-old, who built a children’s entertainment empire in the 1990s, is beloved by tens of millions of Brazilians who grew up watching her shows and listening to her albums

Of the five cities where the leader scored his highest levels of support in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, three of them are located in the white-majority southern state of Paraná

The vote yielded unexpected wins in key districts, confirmed a conservative majority in Congress and evidenced how polls underestimated Jair Bolsonaro