With nearly 95 percent of votes counted, Jair Bolsonaro, of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), was elected president of Brazil after a highly polarized election. The inauguration will take place on Jan. 1 in Brasília.
The far-right politician defeated the Workers’ Party (PT) presidential hopeful, Fernando Haddad, with a campaign based on hate speech and fake news spread over WhatsApp, a highly popular messaging app in Brazil.
MST’s Débora Nunes talks about campaign against Bolsonaro, threats of a fascist presidency and international solidarity
Two of Brazil's major people's fronts released a statement on the result of the country's presidential elections
Two of Brazil's major people's movements released a statement about the country's elections. Read it below:
The election is over, but the fight is just beginning:
We hold our heads up resisting for Brazil!
Landless workers’ leader spoke with Brasil de Fato on the next steps for the left after Jair Bolsonaro’s victory
"We leave this process with closer ties and organized capacity and strength to resist this professed fascist offensive," said João Pedro Stedile, from the national coordination of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) about the result of Brazil's 2018 presidential elections.
The proposal goes against Constitutional Amendment 81, which became known as the "PEC [Proposed Constitutional Amendment] of slave labor"
Deputy Bolsonaro has already committed himself to the "market" to hand over all the decisions
of the economic area to the great private agents, under the hegemony of financial capital (personified in that by Paulo Guedes).
Bolsonaro could be disqualified even if link with companies that paid millions to spread fake news is not proven
Newspaper reported that four agencies were paid millions under the table to send mass messages against leftist Haddad
Law expert Ludimar Rafanhin says president Michel Temer may rush to pass proposed reform after runoff election
Pollster Datafolha shows votes for other candidates transferred at equal rates to each presidential hopeful
The first opinion poll released by Datafolha for the second round of Brazil’s presidential election shows far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro at 58 percent of voting intention, while leftist Fernando Haddad is at 42 percent of voter support.
