Brazil’s Right Rallies in 20 Cities as 2026 Race Takes Shape

Key Points — Around 20,000 protesters gathered on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista and 4,700 in Rio, according to USP-backed researchers, in the first major right-wing mobilisation since Flávio Bolsonaro launched his presidential bid — The opposition celebrated the turnout as a show of force; Lula’s coalition dismissed the events as a historic failure with dwindling […]