A far-right Brazilian party on Friday denied reports that World Cup-winning footballer Ronaldinho is to be one of its candidates in elections for the Senate.
"There is no agreement between the party and Ronaldinho for him to launch a bid for a Senate seat," the party, Patriota, said.
Patriota is led by Jair Bolsonaro, a firebrand former army officer dubbedRead more
With leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and firebrand right-wing former army officer Jair Bolsonaro leading the polls, there's a gaping hole in Brazil's center ahead of presidential elections next year.
On Saturday, one of the country's most established centrist forces, the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, or PSDB, took a first step in trying to become the missingRead more
Brazil's central bank cut the key interest rate Wednesday to a record low of seven percent, about half of what it was a year ago.
The 0.5 percentage point drop in the Selic rate reflected the strong fall in inflation as Brazil emerges from a two-year recession.
Back in October 2016, when the country's economy was still firmly in negativeRead more
Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial politician often compared to Donald Trump and hard right French leader Marine Le Pen, on Thursday declared himself the "patriot" Brazil needs.
Although official campaigning is not yet permitted for the October 2018 presidential polls, Bolsonaro called a campaign-like press conference at a Rio hotel to lay out his deeply conservative vision and mock his liberalRead more