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Parisite, one of the few rare-earth carbonate minerals, grown on galena in a specimen from the Mountain Pass mine in California.

Critical minerals

Lula's re-election puts Washington's hopes of quick access to Brazil's rare earths on hold

The facade of the Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Brazilian presidency, in Brasília.

Re-elected, Lula sets four foreign trips before January, from COP31 in Turkey to Trump's G20 in Florida

Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, in his official portrait from 2025.

Washington's 37.5% tariffs on Brazil face a new round of talks after Lula's win, with a written US offer expected in November

A portrait of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taken in February 2022, when he was a pre-candidate for the presidency. File photo.

Lula wins a fourth term with 51.79% of valid votes, and Flávio Bolsonaro says he will ask the courts to annul the run-off

Justice Cristiano Zanin at the ceremonial session marking his swearing-in to Brazil's Supreme Court, in Brasília, in August 2023.

Brazilian Supreme Court justice extends runoff voting to 7 p.m. nationwide, and the electoral court freezes the count at 0.25% of ballot boxes

Brazil elections

Brazil's presidential runoff begins at 8 a.m., with six governorships also at stake

A Brazilian UE2020 electronic voting machine, in a 2021 handout image from the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (Superior Electoral Court). The presidential runoff is on Sunday, 25 October.

Brazil Elections 2026

Brazil's final presidential debate ends with an apology for a "nine fingers" jab and 2h30 of corruption charges

The UE2020 electronic voting machine, presented by Brazil's Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in 2021; the runoff is on Sunday.

Brazil elections 2026

Brazil's final presidential debate is set for Friday, two days before a runoff PoderData puts at 51% to 49%

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court, in Brasília, opened in December 2011.

Brazil's 2026 election

Lula's campaign asks Brazil's electoral court to strike Flávio Bolsonaro's ticket off the ballot

Brazil Elections 2026

Brazil's electoral court unanimously upholds order barring Meta from throttling candidates' posts, under a R$ 500,000 daily fine

The facade of the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília in April 2020. The office at stake in the 25 October runoff sits inside the building.

Lula backs lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 16 for heinous crimes as Flávio Bolsonaro calls his father's conviction a "sham"

A Brazilian UE2020 electronic voting machine, in an image released by the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in 2021.

Brazil's 2026 election

Twelve days from Brazil's run-off, two polls give Flávio Bolsonaro very different leads: 4 points and 10

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in Brasília, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in December 2025.

Brazil's 2026 election

Brazil's electoral court found none of the disputed posts on the pro-Lula WhatsApp channel — but it only reviewed October

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in Brasília, the court that runs Brazil's elections and publishes the count, photographed in 2012.

Brazil and Washington

Brazil's October 25 runoff will pick the government that negotiates America's 25% tariff and its access to Brazilian rare earths

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) speaks to reporters at the Senate in April 2026.

Brazil Elections 2026

Flávio Bolsonaro says yes to the TV Globo debate, Lula has not, and Brazil's first round may end without them facing each other

The façade of the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília, seat of Brazil's presidency, in 2020.

Brazil bans online betting by decree, and sites go dark on 6 October

The UN General Assembly hall at the organisation's New York headquarters in February 2024.

UN General Assembly

Trump speaks second at the UN on Tuesday, then hosts Xi at the White House on Thursday

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a campaign rally in Ceilândia, Brasília, on 16 September 2026.

Brazil's 2026 election

Lula's manifesto proposes a public security ministry and a real rise in the minimum wage every year

An image used by Brazil's federal government in July 2026, when 37 fintechs were formally notified for handling money from illegal betting operators, in Brasília.

Lula to sign betting decree on Wednesday: online casinos banned, sports betting spared

The façade of the Palácio do Planalto, the presidential office in Brasília, in 2020; the law was signed at a ceremony there.

Critical minerals

Lula signs Brazil's critical minerals and rare earths policy, with up to R$ 7 billion in incentives