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Politics• Sep 19
Rejected Plea Deal Alleges Bolsonaro and Tarcísio Campaign Kickbacks for Payroll Loan Exclusivity
Ex-banker Daniel Vorcaro alleged in a rejected plea deal that R$5 million in 2022 campaign donations to Jair Bolsonaro and Tarcísio de Freitas were kickbacks tied to a lucrative payroll loan contract in São Paulo.
Politics• Sep 19
Lula Threatens to 'End' Brazil's Regulated Sports Betting Sector
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Technical Glitch Stalls STF Access to Key 500GB Vorcaro Phone Data in Brazil's Banking Scandal
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 19
Brazil’s Top Electoral Court Admits Suit Seeking to Invalidate Lula-Alckmin Presidential Ticket
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Lula Announces Welfare Hike, Free Weight-Loss Injections While Threatening to Ban Regulated Betting Ahead of Election
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 19
Supreme Court Feud Over Justice Moraes’s Ties to Jailed Banker Overshadows Final Weeks of Brazil Election
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Brazil's Sovereign Risk Hits Lowest Level Since Pre-Pandemic Era
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Brazil’s Tax Overhaul Forces Small Businesses to Decide on Cash Flow-Squeezing ‘Split Payment’ by Month’s End
By Julian Thorne
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Photo Links Brazil’s Prosecutor General to Banker Under Financial Investigation
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 19
Lula Boosts Welfare, Promises Expensive Weight-Loss Drugs Weeks Before Brazil Election
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 19
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Locked in Statistical Tie for 2026 Brazil Presidential Election
By Julian Thorne
Politics• Sep 19
Brazil’s Environmental Agency Approves Three New Petrobras Wells in R$7 Trillion Equatorial Margin
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 19
Institutional Crisis Grips Brazil’s Supreme Court as Justices Feud Over Banker Scandal
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Supreme Court Upholds Lula’s Pre-Election Welfare Hike, Intensifying Fiscal Debate
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 19
Brazil’s Electoral Court Upholds Voting Rights for Pre-Trial Detainees in 2026 Election
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Electoral Gridlock Stalls Brazil’s Congress, Leaving Major Reforms and Five Provisional Decrees in Limbo
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
US Pressure Campaign on Brazil’s Supreme Court, Election Tied to Trade Tariffs
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Lula Re-Election Plan Prioritizes New Security Ministry and Real Minimum Wage Hikes
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Brazil’s Supreme Court Distrust Hits Record 48% Amid Election and Ethics Scandal
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
STF Minister Gilmar Mendes Validates 15% Bolsa Família Boost Weeks Before Brazil Election
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Lula’s R$691 Welfare Hike Faces Constitutional Showdown as Audit Court Prosecutor Seeks Suspension
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Lula Links New Equatorial Margin Oil Frontier to Sovereignty, Warning of US Interest
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 18
High-Profile São Paulo Politician Milton Leite Surrenders in PCC Organized Crime Probe
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 18
Brazil’s Micro and Small Businesses Face Strategic Tax Deadline in Consumption Reform
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 18
Brazil Supreme Court Crisis Deepens Over Corruption Allegations and Judicial Feud
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Lula Pledges Free GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs via Brazil’s Public Health System (SUS)
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 18
Superior Court of Justice Upholds 50-Year Sentence for Ex-Federal Deputy Flordelis
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18
Bolsonaro Challenger Flávio Bolsonaro Under Investigation in Major Brazil Bank Scandal
By Eleanor Shaw
Politics• Sep 18
Wealth Gap Deepens: One in Five Candidates in Brazil’s 2026 Election is a Declared Millionaire
By Eleanor Shaw
PROPolitics• Sep 18