By Lisandra Paraguassu and Brendan O'Boyle BRASILIA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, he used one of the world's biggest diplomatic stages to deliver a message that has come to define what is likely the final presidential campaign of his decades-long career.

As Brazil prepares to hold elections next month, Latin America’s biggest nation is taking steps to shield its democracy from potential American meddling.

Carlo Ancelotti also stated that some managers like to coach the national team due to the lack of stress and demand to prepare for matches in every three days

The executive order bans online betting operations in Brazil, less than two years after the government kicked off a legal framework allowing the industry to operate.

It was here, in 1979, that a bearded union leader from Brazil’s impoverished northeast stood on top of a borrowed bar table to address 60,000 striking metalworkers. The event came to symbolise a democratic awakening in defiance of the country’s military dictatorship.

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - From the bare-walled, 12-square-meter cell where he was serving a 27-year sentence for a failed coup plot, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro passed his most prized asset to his eldest son: his blessing to follow in his political footsteps in 2026.

Explosive allegations of corruption are embroiling a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes, and reshaping the country’s high-stakes presidential election.

A coffee producer in Minas Gerais plants cover crops, switches to biological inputs, protects the springs on his farm, and comes through a drought with yields intact. None of that shows up when he walks into a bank to ask for a loan to fund the next round of improvements.

Economists polled by Brazil's central bank expect 4.99% inflation in 2026, above the 4.5% limit, though actual 12-month inflation is 4.22%.

Brazil's AGU has asked the STF for 72 hours to respond to a challenge from gambling bodies against the government's betting ban.