News - BRA
6 articles tagged BRA, newest first
2026-08-29
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│ Senator Flavio Bolsonaro vows to respect │
│ Brazil election outcome │
│ large - Reuters - wire/independent [BRA] │
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│ Lula's polling lead over Senator Flavio │
│ Bolsonaro narrowed through late August │
│ ahead of October's election, with Datafolha │
│ and Quaest converging, and Flavio publicly │
│ vowed on Aug 29 to respect the outcome. A │
│ tightening race plus an explicit commitment │
│ to accept the result is a well-observed but │
│ unmoved stability level. │
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│ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/sena │
│ tor-flavio-bolsonaro-vows-respect-brazil-el │
│ ection-outcome-2026-08-29/ │
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2026-08-16
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│ Brazil: Lula, Bolsonaro return to │
│ strongholds to launch runs for president │
│ large - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [BRA] │
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│ Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro formally launched │
│ near-tied campaigns Aug 16 (Quaest 43-40 │
│ narrowing; first round Oct 4). High-stakes │
│ but institutionally normal so far; │
│ stability held with the WTO Section-301 │
│ consultation clock running in the │
│ background. │
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│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/br │
│ azil-lula-bolsonaro-return-to-strongholds-t │
│ o-launch-runs-for-president │
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2026-07-28
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│ Lula calls new US tariffs a strategic │
│ mistake; Brazil requests WTO consultations │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │
│ [BRA,USA] │
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│ Lula's July 26 Washington Post op-ed called │
│ the July 16 Section 301 tariffs │
│ (12.5-37.5%, making Brazil the │
│ second-most-tariffed US partner) 'unfair │
│ and a strategic mistake', and Brazil │
│ formally requested WTO dispute │
│ consultations July 28. The July 16 action │
│ was missed by the prior sweep and is booked │
│ late with the in-window response: Brazil │
│ trade near -2 to -5. │
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│ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articl │
│ es/2026-07-26/lula-calls-new-us-tariffs-a-m │
│ istake-in-washington-post-op-ed │
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2026-07-15
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│ Lula expands lead over Bolsonaro ahead of │
│ Brazil election │
│ medium - Bloomberg - │
│ independent/independent [BRA] │
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│ A new Quaest poll put Lula ahead of Flavio │
│ Bolsonaro 45-37 in a simulated runoff (up │
│ from a 6-point lead) amid the rule-of-law │
│ confrontation with Washington. An │
│ institutional-continuity signal; │
│ watch-item, no score moved this pass. │
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│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │
│ 6-07-15/lula-expands-lead-over-bolsonaro-ah │
│ ead-of-brazil-presidential-election │
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2026-07-14
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│ Brazil anticipates fresh US tariffs on │
│ domestic products │
│ medium - ANI (via Tribune) - │
│ unknown/independent [BRA,USA] │
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│ Brazil is bracing for the US Section 301 │
│ decision due July 15 (25% on 4,100+ product │
│ lines worth ~$14.9B) with no deal reached │
│ as of July 14 despite four USTR meetings │
│ and a CNI/AmCham two-stage proposal. │
│ Outside-window decision not pre-scored: │
│ Brazil trade held at near -2. │
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│ https://aninews.in/news/world/others/brazil │
│ -anticipates-fresh-us-tariffs-on-domestic-p │
│ roducts-report20260714174501/ │
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2026-07-07
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│ Brazil's Senator Bolsonaro Argues Against │
│ 25% US Tariff on Its Exports │
│ medium - U.S. News & World Report - │
│ unknown/independent [BRA,USA] │
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│ As a July 15 US Section 301 decision on 25% │
│ tariffs (exempting beef/coffee/aircraft) │
│ approaches, Flavio Bolsonaro lobbied │
│ Washington to delay it before Brazil's │
│ October election. Brazil │
│ trade_actions_capacity held near -2 (threat │
│ active, not imposed). │
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│ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articl │
│ es/2026-07-07/brazils-senator-bolsonaro-arg │
│ ues-against-25-us-tariff-on-its-exports │
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