Weekly Report - 03 September 2026 (WR-26-35)

The leading candidates in Brazil’s presidential election, the first round of which is just a month away, were interviewed individually last week on TV Globo, one of the country’s largest private broadcasters. Both current frontrunners, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, were asked about uncomfortable topics, such as high-profile corruption investigations [WR-26-31]. Lula was also grilled on fiscal policy while Bolsonaro was questioned about the anti-democratic record of the far-right populist Bolsonarismo movement, among other issues.