Poll shows Lula and Bolsonaro tied before Brazil’s presidential election
Right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro faces new scrutiny over a film funding scandal, which could affect the race.

Right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro faces new scrutiny over a film funding scandal, which could affect the race.









Move comes after a former police chief convicted in the coup plot was caught in Paraguay trying to flee to El Salvador.
Ex-Brazilian police chief caught using fake Paraguay passport in attempt to board flight to Panama, sent back to Brazil.
Bolsonaro’s operation addressed a painful double hernia; doctors anticipate five to seven days of hospitalisation.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes has approved a request for the ex-president to leave prison for hernia treatment.

Thousands of people protested against a bill that would reduce the prison sentence of former President, Jair Bolsonaro.
The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress’s lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote.

A Brazilian lawmaker was removed from Congress by police on Tuesday as he staged a protest against a bill.
The ex-president was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for trying to foment a coup after his election loss.
Four justices voted to keep the former right-wing president in police custody after his ankle monitor was damaged.
Brazil’s ex-president, convicted of foiled coup, is under arrest after taking a soldering iron to the monitoring device.