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PARIS: Richarlison was the target of a banana thrown from the crowd as Brazil thrashed Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly in Paris on Tuesday (Sep 27), while Neymar ...

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That was a mess of a friendly match, but the Selecao handled it as well as possible.

They will enter the World Cup as one of the favourites, and it appears What was meant to intimidate Brazil in another act of bigotry towards Tite's team did no such thing. Brazil encountered a racist fan incident, laser pointers from the stands and rash defensive challenges from Tunisia in a 5-1 victory on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes.

The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today.

We also struggled against torture inside prisons and helped to establish the official organism that combats it in Brazil," he said. "In the case of privatized penitentiaries, nobody wants to assume responsibility for those problems. But we have always fought for the people. over the past 50 years." Mayra Balan, a lawyer for the prison ministry, told Catholic News Service: "Privatization has transformed the mass of people who break the law into commodities. I was treated indignantly all along the process," she said. Things can only get worse like that," said Maria Nazaré Saraiva Alcântara, coordinator of the prison ministry in the Archdiocese of Manaus. Sister Pfaller said since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, violence has been growing in the penal system. "The Brazilian state has opted for a highly repressive policy when it comes to conflict resolution," she added. To make things worse, over the past decades, many penitentiaries have been built and administered by private companies, which are paid according to the number of detainees. In general, the state buys food and clothes from private providers with large amounts of public money involved. People with money can hire attorneys and manage to stay out of prison.

In Brazil, like most countries, prison ministry involves visiting and praying with inmates, but as Brazil's prisons increasingly are treated as moneymakers, ...

We also struggled against torture inside prisons and helped to establish the official organism that combats it in Brazil,” he said. “We do not have the necessary structure to work. The companies in charge of the prisons receive more money if there are more people imprisoned. But we have always fought for the people. “In the case of privatized penitentiaries, nobody wants to assume responsibility for those problems. Pfaller said since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, violence has been growing in the penal system. Mayra Balan, a lawyer for the prison ministry, told Catholic News Service: “Privatization has transformed the mass of people who break the law into commodities. “A boy steals a cellphone and goes straight to jail. I was treated indignantly all along the process,” she said. To make things worse, over the past decades, many penitentiaries have been built and administered by private companies, which are paid according to the number of detainees. In general, the state buys food and clothes from private providers with large amounts of public money involved. People with money can hire attorneys and manage to stay out of prison.

Richarlison was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal when a banana was thrown on the pitch as the Brazilian FA condemned the incident on Twitter.

It read: “Unfortunately a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal. I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe.” Footage showed Manchester United midfielder Fred kicking the banana away.

Brazil's global football tour continued in Paris with an entertaining 5-1 win over Tunisia at the Parc des Princes. The crowd in France were treated to an ...

Pedro added a fifth late on with a good finish to put the icing on the cake of a comfortable victory. The red was a bizarre decision and seemed to be a complete overreaction, spurred on by Neymar's histrionics and the complaints of his teammates. Dylan Bronn made a late challenge on the Paris Saint-Germain star and after a scuffle involving both teams, was shown a red card by the referee.

During the match, a banana was thrown from the stands toward the Brazil players while they were celebrating a goal. Brazilian players have been vocal ...

I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe," Brazilian FA president Ednaldo Rodrigues said. Raphinha scored his second with a precise low shot from the edge of the area in the 40th after a lightning counter-attack. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick.

Presidential candidates offer competing visions for country's most valuable listed business in energy transition.

Ahead of Brazil's general election this week, most polls continue to show former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leading sitting President Jair ...

One of the factors likely hurting his job approval is also one of the reasons that Brazilians voted for him in 2018: corruption. Nearly four in 10 Brazilians (38%) approve of the job Bolsonaro is doing as president -- which is similar to the 35% who said so in 2021. Three in 10 Brazilians say they have confidence in the honesty of elections. More than any public policy issue, what may be at stake in the coming election in Brazil may be democracy itself. In fact, the 49% of Brazilians who see local economic conditions improving is the same as Bolsonaro's first year in office. Brazilians' buoyant outlook even as they feel the pinch from rising prices may reflect the significant increases in government transfers to low-income families under different programs, which Bolsonaro has pledged to maintain if reelected.

The macho incumbent may try to attempt a US Capitol-style coup if defeated, says James N Green, professor of Brazilian history and culture at Brown ...

[January 6-style](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/20/january-6-hearings-trump-violated-law-stop-attack) attempt to overturn the election results remains to be seen. Finally eligible to run for the presidency, he immediately surged in the polls. [mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/outrage-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-avoids-five-charges-related-to-covid-response) alienated many supporters. Knowing that Lula is ahead in the polls, US policymakers are signalling that they can live with a centre-left government led by the Workers’ party. Brazilian civil society organisations have also called on leaders around the world to recognise the election results. [sentenced to 12 years in prison](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/lula-brazil-released-prison-supreme-court-ruling). In August, and in response to Bolsonaro’s calls for armed forces to monitor the election results, some of the country’s most prominent lawyers and public figures issued a manifesto in defence of democracy, Bolsonaro was catapulted to the presidential palace four years ago under unusual circumstances. If you can get the armed forces or militias to intervene, all the better. If you lose, simply blame the press, the polls and the voting machines. Its far-right incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, will have to pull off the seemingly impossible to defeat his centre-left rival. As Brazil prepares to head to the polls in early October, the country is bracing for a change of course.

Neymar edges closer to Pele's all-time scoring record for the five-time world champions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sardar Azmoun scored as a substitute to earn Iran a 1-1 draw with African champions Senegal. Morocco drew 0-0 with Paraguay in Seville. Football is a sport that promotes inclusion," said Tite. "Unfortunately... Brazil continued to cut through the visitors' defence with ease and Raphinha scored again in the 40th minute by firing in off the post from the edge of the box. PARIS - Richarlison was the target of a banana thrown from the crowd as Brazil thrashed Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly in Paris on Tuesday, while Neymar edged closer to Pele's all-time scoring record for the five-time world champions.

PARIS :Rampant Brazil destroyed 10-man Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly on Tuesday with Raphinha scoring twice and setting up another goal in their last game ...

I insist on saying that the punishments need to be more severe," Brazilian FA president Ednaldo Rodrigues said. However, Tunisia equalised seven minutes later with an opportunistic header by Montassar Talbi from a free kick. Advertisement

In Pedra do Sal, the birthplace of samba in Rio de Janeiro, supporters chant "Ole, Ola, Lula" as they sway rhythmically, brandishing flags, T-shirts and ...

And Lula represents the people," says Karen Gama, a 24-year-old black Brazilian who attended the rally last week with stickers of Lula's Workers Party stuck to her chest and rear. "Art is an essential political tool in our democracy, and samba is political in essence," the group said in a response on Instagram. "Samba is a way to resist oppression, it is the voice of the people.

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is ahead in the polls. But will his authoritarian rival, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, accept the result if ...

[Lula stands far ahead in the polls](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/lula-s-support-puts-first-round-win-back-in-play-datafolha-says). Brazil now seems likely to join this group, swinging the region’s ideological pendulum to the left in an [apparent revival of the “pink tide](https://www.thenation.com/article/world/lula-brazil-bolosnaro-amorim/).” [only if he himself judges that they were fairly held](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-says-may-not-accept-2022-election-under-current-voting-system-2021-07-07/). [privileged groups](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/americas/brazil-protests-favelas/index.html) and deftly managed through social media campaigns, grew to include [voters across](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/americas/brazil-protests-favelas/index.html) the economic and political spectrum. [return of the left across Latin America](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/pink-tide-south-america-politics-economy/) has renewed hopes that gains in cutting poverty, which took off 20 years ago, will resume. Throughout his term in office, Bolsonaro has [actively promoted the destruction of the Amazon forest](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-deforestation-term-intl-latam/index.html) and [portrayed indigenous peoples](https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-indigenous-communities-resist-bolsonaro/a-51909742) [and environmental groups](https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-environmental-ngo) as working against the interests of the nation. [order to resist](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-rousseff-protests-idUSKBN0MB0WJ20150316) this progressive path. Meanwhile, [nostalgia for a military dictatorship](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/the-brazilian-nostalgia-for-dictatorship) that most citizens never experienced influences some voters, particularly conservative ones. [Brazilian politics](https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/rafael-r-ioris) and [modern Latin American history](https://www.bu.edu/history/profile/jeffrey-w-rubin/), we have studied Brazil from the ground up. That project will be the task of a broad center-left coalition led by [former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/18/lula-presidential-return-brazil-polls-banish-bolsonaro) of the Workers Party. Lula’s economic and welfare policies, for example, [brought 30 million people out of poverty](https://www.npr.org/2017/07/16/537509429/the-next-step-for-brazils-lula) and provided lower-income, mostly nonwhite Brazilians with new opportunities for upward mobility. But the erosion in his polling numbers has opened the path for some moderate conservatives to join ranks with Lula to try to prevent Bolsonaro’s reelection.

A banana was thrown from the crowd at Brazil players celebrating a goal in a friendly against Tunisia in Paris on Tuesday.

[Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367) forward Richarlison, who was celebrating scoring Brazil's second goal of the game, said racism will continue "every day and everywhere" if it goes unpunished. "We are accustomed, it always happens with our national team," Rodrigo told Spanish radio station COPE. No time bro!"

President Jair Bolsonaro has sowed doubts about election security and urged his base to “go to war” if the vote is “stolen.”

“They don’t respect democracy, they don’t respect congress, and they don’t respect the judiciary,” said João Roberto Martins Filho, a professor at the Federal University of São Carlos and a former president of the Brazilian Association of Defense Studies. “If it is God’s will, I will continue,” he said in an interview with a pool of evangelical podcasters this month. “He could summon his supporters to take to the streets and cause turmoil, especially if there’s a second round,” said Guilherme Casarões, a political analyst at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. Former presidential candidates across the political spectrum have thrown their support behind Lula for the sake of “democracy.” In August, thousands of Brazilians gathered at the University of São Paulo’s law school, site of an anti-dictatorship protest in 1977, to rally for the rule of law. “We want to avoid an episode such as the Capitol invasion.” “But the people are not going to stand by quietly as the chair is stolen from a president who everyone voted for and loved.” A compromise with election officials will allow the military to audit a small sampling of the ballots cast Sunday. Bolsonaro also has pressed for the military to conduct a vote count in parallel with election officials. After a supreme court judge warned of the potential for political violence, Bolsonaro pointedly told his supporters to not stage a “new Capitol” invasion. Should he win outright, any attempt by Bolsonaro to cling to power would come up against institutions that are weaker than those in the United States — and would be the biggest challenge to democracy here since the end of the dictatorship in 1985. I think a number of autocrats could very well be put on the back foot.” The vote — Sunday is the first round — is pitting Bolsonaro’s supporters, the most radical of whom want a strongman in office, against Brazilians eager to end his Trumpian run.

Richarlison responded angrily on Wednesday to racist abuse after he scored as Brazil thrashed Tunisia in a friendly in Paris.

Football is a sport that promotes inclusion," said Tite. "Unfortunately... No time left, man!"

Polls show left-wing former president Lula ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on October 2.

“Now they are emboldened to express these views.” [](https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/we-will-all-die-if-we-continue-like-this-indigenous-people-push-un-for-climate-justice/) Two weeks ago, the former president’s environment minister, Marina Silva, who resigned in 2008 over objections to hydroelectric dam permitting, endorsed his candidacy after he agreed to implement [a list of environmental policies](https://valor.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2022/noticia/2022/09/12/marina-silva-divulga-propostas-entregues-a-lula-leia-integra-da-carta-compromisso.ghtml) that she proposed. More recently, activists decried Lula’s support for reconstructing the [BR-319 highway through the Amazon](https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/br-319-hearings-an-attack-on-brazils-interests-and-amazonias-future-commentary/). [by over 70 percent](https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/fatos-primeiro-lula-e-impreciso-ao-citar-reducao-de-desmatamento-na-amazonia-nos-governos-petistas/). Between 2010 and 2021, illegal mining [increased on Indigenous lands by 632 percent](https://observatoriodamineracao.com.br/bolsonaro-cumpre-promessa-e-garimpo-em-terras-indigenas-cresce-632-em-uma-decada/), with the most drastic increases occurring under Bolsonaro’s watch. “Lula in 2022 is a different animal,” said Angelo. He also appointed anti-environmentalist staff to regulatory agencies across the federal government and prevented enforcement of environmental policy. Plus, Angelo adds, in contrast to his first tenure, they are now heavily armed as Bolsonaro has relaxed gun control laws. In his current campaign, the former president has spoken out against the destruction of the Amazon, promising to put an end to illegal mining and fight organized networks driving deforestation. [recent polling](https://especiaisg1.globo/politica/eleicoes/2022/pesquisas-eleitorais/presidente/1-turno/) from the group IPEC, Lula has been picking up steam in the final days of the campaign, solidifying a significant lead. IPEC’s polling indicates that if the election were to take place today, Lula would likely receive 52 percent of the valid vote — after deducting null ballots — which points to a possible first-round victory. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote on October 2, the election goes to a runoff on October 30.

Brazil's leader said last month he would respect any election outcome come October, if voting is clean. That still leaves plenty of risk.

In Brazil's 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across the country received donations from ...

He voted in favor of the administration’s agenda [97% of times](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil), including supporting bills considered harmful to the environment, [according to experts](https://ruralometro2022.reporterbrasil.org.br/politicos/jose-medeiros). Rotta is the founder and owner of [UniSeeds](https://uniseeds.com.br/quem-somos), a group that sells soy and other grain seeds. [one](https://www.camara.leg.br/propostas-legislativas/2263069) that, if approved, will limit the amount of fines that IBAMA can impose on environmental violators, with a possible reduction in overall fines. [by IBAMA](https://servicos.ibama.gov.br/ctf/publico/areasembargadas/ConsultaPublicaAreasEmbargadas.php) for illegal deforestation in the municipality of Sapezal, in Mato Grosso’s northwestern corner. [Congresso em Foco](https://radar.congressoemfoco.com.br/parlamentar/1204472/perfil) (“Congress in Focus”) describes Medeiros as one of Bolsonaro’s staunchest allies in the Chamber. Mendes reportedly pressured regulators to approve a project to build small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) in one of the main rivers of the Pantanal. It was followed by the states of Rondônia, with 4.3 million reais ($1.1 million); São Paulo, with 1.6 million reais ($411,000); and Tocantins, with 1.5 million reais ($385,000). It shows his campaign received more than 1 million reais ($257,000) in donations from environmental violators, a figure that exceeds the amount raised by all 18 other politicians elected in the same state by the same sources. [Lucas do Rio Verde](https://www.olharjuridico.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=48025¬icia=pivetta-se-livra-de-acao-que-julga-possiveis-fraudes-a-licitacoes-em-lucas-do-rio-verde) (MT). In the 2018 elections, 422 candidates running in executive and legislative races at state and federal levels across Brazil received donations from individuals and partners of companies linked to environmental crimes in the Amazon. In fact, more candidates were financed by environmental violators in Mato Grosso in the 2018 election than in any other state, according to the analysis, raking in 6 million reais ($1.5 million at the prevailing exchange rate) in total. It also showed that these environmental violators had racked up a combined more than 260 million reais ($67 million) as of the time of the election — more than in any other state.

Lula would enter office with a progressive agenda. Will he be able to repeat the successes of his last presidency?

[illegal mining and deforestation surged](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02644-x) across the Amazon. He is seen as a champion of Brazil’s [indigenous population](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-promises-indigenous-tribes-he-will-reverse-bolsonaro-measures-2022-04-12/) and of LGBTQ+ rights, having called homophobia a “ [perverse disease](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/06/11/brazilian-president-calls-homophobia-a-perverse-disease/)”. The overarching legacy of a Lula re-election, according to Brazil’s former finance minister Nelson Barbosa, would be “to consolidate democracy in Brazil”. (Editor’s note: for more on the shortcomings of GDP as a measure of the success or failure of a policy or leader, see [this article](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/gdp-measurement-new-zealand-beyond-economic-growth/) from our archive.) [income inequality](https://brazilian.report/liveblog/2022/06/10/default-inflation-inequality/) and provide a shot in the arm for the country’s vast informal sector (made up of tens of millions of citizens not registered in official employment data). Originally drafted in 2020, it stressed the need for an “ecological transition to a low carbon economy”, and supported a “Green New Deal”. What’s more, the inevitable horse-trading needed to secure a majority in Brazil’s fragmented congress will likely hamper an economically progressive agenda. At [90%](https://www.capitaleconomics.com/publications/latin-america-economics-focus/lula-lessons-past#no-back), the country’s gross debt-to-GDP ratio is one third higher than when Lula left office in 2010. [17-point lead](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-remains-ahead-bolsonaro-brazil-election-looms-poll-2022-09-26/) over his rival. In a last-gasp effort to woo voters, the package includes a cap on petrol taxes and handouts to low-income families. He’s already hinted that he would maintain the recently approved boost to social welfare. Although he looks set to fall short of the 50% voting share needed to avoid a second-round vote, which would take place on 30 October, he remains odds-on to win the run-off.

Richarlison responded angrily on Wednesday to racist abuse after he scored as Brazil thrashed Tunisia in a friendly in Paris.

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Brazil remains tense in advance of October 2 vote, as polls show former left-wing leader ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Former ...

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It's not clear to me what anyone could do or say at this point that would change most Brazilians' minds,” says the AS/COA vice president.

I think whoever wins faces that challenge and it will be even more difficult if one of the candidates says: "This was a fraudulent election, and I didn't actually lose." [casting doubt over the validity of the electoral system](https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-imminent-election-crisis-in-brazil/). The concern is that the world has changed, and the country is vastly more divided and polarized now than it was then. Winter: It's important to remember that Brazil has been in the doldrums, broadly speaking, for more than a decade now. The level of interest, passion, and acrimony is higher than any Brazilian election I've ever covered. Brian Winter: There's a feeling shared by most Brazilians that this is their most important election since democracy returned in the 1980s.

Raizen, a joint venture between Brazilian conglomerate Cosan and Shell, produces and sells renewable energy and biofuels in Brazil and Argentina, much through ...

Here's a quick overview. There are 156,454,011 Brazilians eligible to vote, according to the Superior Electoral Tribunal, six percent more than at the last ...

Just 34 percent of the more than 27,000 people running for office are women -- though that is up from 31.7 percent four years ago. For the first time ever in a country where 56 percent of the population is black or mixed-race, there are more candidates from those groups (50 percent) than whites (49 percent). There are 156,454,011 Brazilians eligible to vote, according to the Superior Electoral Tribunal, six percent more than at the last national elections, in 2018.

In just under a week, on October 2, Brazil will hold the first round of its general election, which will determine the country's next president.

But the crowds that flooded the building this week came to hear another silver-haired celebrity: Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who could ...

“[During the campaign Bolsonaro] tried to create the narrative that he’s a president who talks nonsense but is sincere, has governed well and is taking care of people … was really significant when it came to [the opposition] painting a picture of a man with no heart.” “His heart would be racing with happiness,” said Zé Maria, 64. Winston Churchill was “a shadow of his former self” when he reclaimed power in 1951, also aged 76. “If he’s re-elected the chance of us becoming an authoritarian regime like Orbán’s Hungary really increases,” Ricupero said. “It’s unacceptable,” Paes declared, wiping away a tear as he pondered whether his father might still be alive had [Bolsonaro bought vaccines more quickly.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/31/brazil-coronavirus-vaccine-jair-bolsonaro) “On 2 October we’ll vote for democracy.” Lula was the solution. “Vote for whoever you want, so long as you vote Lula.” I want Lula back,” Rosa said, predicting his candidate would win in the first round. “He’s the figure who embodies the hope of our people,” said Paes. “When Lula was president Brazilians weren’t going hungry.

The former president, impeached in 2016 and associated with corruption, has been making campaign appearances in support of Lula da Silva.

However, the role of the former president in the campaign has not gone beyond a handful of opening speeches for Lula. When Rousseff was impeached, she left the Planalto Palace – the seat of the Executive in Brasilia – in disgrace. Lula has ruled out appointing her as minister because he would not feel “comfortable” giving orders to someone who once held the highest position in the state. “I know the strength of the Brazilian woman. Between shouts of “Dilma, Dilma!” she was presented as “the brave heart” of the left. It’s also tempting to take advantage of Rousseff’s place in history as the first female president of Brazil… Those who once defended the ouster of the former president have begun to change their minds. The 2016 impeachment – the biggest shadow of the Rousseff government – is now old news. Lula also had some words of support: “Every time she comes to an event, I am happy to see that our people recognize the injustice she has suffered.” [three-quarters of the Senate](https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/30/inenglish/1472545090_871841.html) voted in favor of condemning her for allegedly cooking the government’s books to hide Brazil’s deficit problem. At the beginning of the campaign, analysts predicted that Lula would keep Rousseff on the sidelines. She was also tied to the [state-run energy firm Petrobras](https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/01/25/inenglish/1516871744_803174.html), which was involved in contract-fixing and bribery.