Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an order banning fixed-odds betting operations just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to protect vulnerable citizens.
Brazil has downgraded diplomatic ties with Argentina to the chargé d'affaires level and requested the recall of Argentina's ambassador after President Javier Milei repeatedly insulted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, calling him a thief. The move formalizes a sharp deterioration in relations between Latin America's two largest economies.
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, officially launched his presidential candidacy for Brazil's October election at a Liberal Party convention in São Paulo on Saturday. Despite facing political scandals and trailing in polls against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, he received international support from Argentine President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Brazil's Congress voted to override President Lula's veto of legislation that would dramatically reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup. The bill now awaits supreme court confirmation.
