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News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Brazil’s Lula wins reelection with victory over Trump ally Bolsonaro, who rejects result

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/voting-extended-in-tight-brazil-runoff-between-leftist-lula-and-trump-ally-bolsonaro/ar-AA2g0OyX
Published on: Sunday 25 October 2026

Polls in Brazil’s presidential runoff election have closed after voting was extended by two hours on Sunday following last-minute pleas from both candidates to electoral authorities.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Brazil’s Most Divided Town Shows the Nation’s Shift to the Right

News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/world/americas/brazil-election-voters-lula-bolsonaro-minas-gerais.html
Published on: Thursday 22 October 2026

Deep in cattle country, voter sentiments in an evangelical stronghold help explain why the country’s leftist president is the underdog in Sunday’s election.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Former Brazilian President Rousseff Casts Ballot in Minas Gerais

News channel or source: https://www.telesurenglish.net/former-brazilian-president-rousseff-casts-ballot-in-minas-gerais/
Published on: Sunday 25 October 2026

On Sunday, former Brazilian President and current President of the BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff exercised her right to vote at Santa Marcelina ...

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Meta denies accusation of anti-Lula political bias in Brazil after electoral court ruling

News channel or source: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-meta-political-bias-denial-lula-bolsonaro-954d26ac1eed94acd62c8156e7aa55d9
Published on: Friday 16 October 2026

Tech giant Meta has denied accusations it has acted with political bias during Brazil’s presidential campaign.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: São Paulo, Rio, Minas Gerais Governor Races: What State Elections Tell Us Before the Presidential Winner Is Called

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/são-paulo-rio-minas-gerais-governor-races-what-state-elections-tell-us-before-the-presidential-winner-is-called/ar-AA2dz0UO
Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026

Brazil's 2026 election is live. Tarcísio leads São Paulo at 50%, Paes holds Rio, and Cleitinho dominates Minas. Here's what to watch before the presidential count.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Conservative wave hits roadblock in Brazil as Lula holds off Bolsonaro challenge

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/conservative-wave-hits-roadblock-in-brazil-as-lula-holds-off-bolsonaro-challenge/ar-AA2g2O8T
Published on: Sunday 25 October 2026

In a tight election, incumbent President Lula da Silva bested Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Driver Hits Lula Rally Protester in Brazil

News channel or source: https://www.riotimesonline.com/driver-hits-pro-lula-protester-belo-horizonte-2026/
Published on: Sunday 18 October 2026

A driver hit a 67-year-old man at a pro-Lula rally in Belo Horizonte and was arrested, a week before the Brazil runoff on 25 October.

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: Plínio Trump, Mick Jagger and Samurai Taxi Driver keep Brazil’s tradition of joke candidates alive

News channel or source: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-joke-candidates-election-congress-plinio-trump-a7ef1a7a142884aab3f58a802384615a
Published on: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As Brazil heads toward its general election ...

News Brazil » Minas Gerais » Politics: How Brazil’s ‘labor revolution’ pushed an aspiring middle class to the political right

News channel or source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/1023/brazil-lula-bolsonaro-working-class
Published on: Friday 23 October 2026

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva built his political movement on workers’ rights and social mobility. Ahead of the presidential runoff, that might not be ...