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US and Australia suspend diplomatic operations in Brazil before election | Elections News

US and Australia suspend diplomatic operations in Brazil before election | Elections News

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Security threats prompt US and Australia to suspend diplomatic operations in Brazil before pivotal election day. Published On 3 Oct 20263 Oct 2026 The United States has suspended consular services in Brazil, prompting Australia to close its embassy in the Brazilian capital, two days before Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday. In a statement released on Thursday, the US embassy said it would suspend consular services starting on Friday and advised American citizens seeking assistance not to visit its embassy, consulates or other diplomatic facilities. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The statement cited security concerns but gave no further detail on the nature of the threat or any link to the election. The US State Department said it was working closely with Brazilian counterparts to address the security concerns, adding that embassies and consulates routinely issue alerts about local threats and developments. Australia’s ambassador to Brazil, Sophie Davies, said on social media that the Australian embassy would also close on Friday, citing the US alert, and advised Australians to avoid US diplomatic facilities. …

U.S.-China rivalry and government debt loom large

U.S.-China rivalry and government debt loom large

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Brazil will hold a knife-edge vote on Sunday as its presidential race kicks off — but the election’s outcome is likely to be felt far beyond the country’s borders. Voters will head to the polls to decide whether incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — known colloquially as Lula — should remain in office or be replaced by one of 12 alternative candidates. If no ​candidate wins more than 50% of votes ​in Sunday’s first round, the two candidates with the most support ⁠will progress to a final runoff vote on Oct. 25. Polls point to a tight race, with frontrunners Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro effectively tied for support among voters. A win for left-leaning Lula would mark his fourth presidential term, while victory for Bolsonaro is expected to mark a shift back to his father’s right-wing movement. Lula versus Bolsonaro Lula’s center-left Workers Party (PT) has been a pioneer of social programs aimed at lifting millions of people out of poverty — but it has been stained by corruption scandals. Lula himself spent 18 …

Presidential campaign heats up in Brazil, as Lula and F. Bolsonaro hold rival rallies

Presidential campaign heats up in Brazil, as Lula and F. Bolsonaro hold rival rallies

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Brazilian president Lula de Silva and his political opponent Flavio Bolsonaro pressed on with their presidential campaigns over the weekend, as both candidates held rallies in Rio De Janeiro. Top of the agenda for both candidates was crime, though the two took distinctly different approaches to the issue. Details by Camille Corcoran. Keywords for this article Source link

U.S. slaps 25% tariff on Brazilian goods over unfair trade practices

U.S. slaps 25% tariff on Brazilian goods over unfair trade practices

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(COMBO) In this combination of files pictures created on December 2, 2025, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November 19, 2025, and US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. Pablo Porciuncula, andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. has levied 25% tariffs on most imports from Brazil effective next week, concluding a yearlong investigation into what Washington calls unfair trade practices, and reigniting tensions with the Latin American nation after negotiation fell apart. The action, taken under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, targets Brazilian practices, such as orders directing American technology firms — including X, Meta, and Google — to remove certain political content and suspend accounts belonging to U.S. residents, preferential tariffs for Mexico and India, weak intellectual property enforcement, and ethanol market barriers. The 25% levy, set to take effect on July …

Brazil’s Lula to travel to US to meet with Trump later this week | Donald Trump News

Brazil’s Lula to travel to US to meet with Trump later this week | Donald Trump News

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Media reports state that Brazilian president will meet with US counterpart in the White House in coming days. By News Agencies and Reuters Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to travel to the United States to meet with his counterpart, Donald Trump, later this week, according to media reports. The Brazilian paper O Globo first reported the planned trip on Monday. The Reuters news agency also reported later in the day, citing two anonymous Brazilian officials, that Lula would travel to the US in the coming days. One source said he was traveling on Wednesday for a meeting with Trump the following day. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The White House has yet to confirm reports of the trip. The relationship between the leftist Lula and Trump has improved after an initial period of hostility, during which the US slapped tariffs on Brazilian goods and pressured Brazilian authorities to drop a legal case against former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro over his involvement …

Congress reduces Bolsonaro’s jair term

Congress reduces Bolsonaro’s jair term

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Brazil’s Congress has voted to reduce the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, though the highly controversial decision is expected to be appealed. Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election, and the move to shorten his sentence is widely seen as a setback for current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as reported by Liza Kaminov. Keywords for this article Source link

Brazilian president says he has ‘forbidden’ Trump adviser from visiting country

Brazilian president says he has ‘forbidden’ Trump adviser from visiting country

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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said he has “forbidden” one of Donald Trump’s advisers from visiting the South American country in retaliation for his health minister being denied a US visa. Darren Beattie, a far-right political strategist who was recently tapped for a senior advisory role on Brazil, had reportedly hoped to use a trip to the country to visit the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup to stop Lula taking power after the 2022 election. Beattie is a longstanding critic of Brazil’s judiciary and president and once called the moderate leftwing leader a representative of “the most destructive and corrosive version” of communism. On Friday, after a supreme court judge refused Beattie permission to visit the incarcerated politician, Lula announced he had given orders for the Trump aide’s visa to be revoked. “That American guy who said he was coming here to visit Bolsonaro, he’s been barred from visiting and I have forbidden him from coming to Brazil so long as they don’t …

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s request for house arrest | Jair Bolsonaro News

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s request for house arrest | Jair Bolsonaro News

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The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has again denied a request from the defence team of former President Jair Bolsonaro to move him from prison to house arrest. Bolsonaro, 70, has been in and out of hospital over the past week, undergoing multiple treatments for aggressive hiccups and a hernia. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list But on Thursday, his petition for house arrest on “humanitarian grounds” was denied, a day after it was filed. In explaining the court’s decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes argued that Bolsonaro already has access to round-the-clock medical care in police custody. The former right-wing leader is currently being held at the federal police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting to overturn his 2022 electoral defeat. De Moraes also questioned whether Bolsonaro’s health merited “humanitarian” accommodations. “Contrary to what the defence alleges, there has been no worsening of Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s health condition,” the justice said in his decision. “Rather, his clinical condition showed improvement in the discomfort he was …