Brazil : Governance from Brasilia or from Washington – The day has arrived.

The day has arrived:

What do you think?  Can we call it?

90% Counted

Nevertheless, counting has started.  Brazil has a very fast and very automatic system.  Results are usually out within hours of the election.    This is a count, but we have to wait until all the craziness has been sorted out.

https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/6258/uf/br/cargo/1/vis/nominal/resultados

Breaking: Supreme Court Minister Zanin has extended voting in entire country by two hours until 7pm, as a result of the deliberate sabotage of public transport provision by Bolsonaro allies.

Many polling stations have closed at 5pm regardless of Supreme Court order.  Brazilwire calls attempted coup.  “I WANT TO VOTE! I WANT TO VOTE!” Despite Supreme Court order to extend, polling stations closed anyway as Bolsonarista Electoral Court president Kassio Nunes ignored the order. Millions have been intentionally denied their democratic right to vote. 

🚨Urgent: Public transport is being sabotaged across the country on election day to prevent voting in Lula majority areas. Buses not running, multiple airlines cancelling entire schedules unexpectedly leaving voters unable to return to the Northeast and vote.

Lula campaign has requested that Electoral Court extend voting hours in Salvador and São Paulo due to the intentional limitation of public transport by Bolsonarista local authorities. Other cities may follow.

Breaking: PT has requested that São Paulo Mayor’s transport and mobility secretary be arrested for the same reason.   Bahia Regional Electoral Court (TRE-BA) orders the arrest of Salvador’s Bolsonarista Municipal Secretary of Mobility, Pablo Souza, for deliberately hindering voters ability to reach polling stations

Jerônimo, the governor of Bahia, has requested that police drive the 252 out-of-service buses in Salvador so that the population can vote.

Another: Pará Ferry boats limited. The sabotage of public transport on election day in who knows how many cities will affect millions of votes.

Another: João Pessoa, Paraíba. Voters complaining that bus services have been cut to impede access to polling stations. Same pattern as Salvador, São Paulo, São Gonçalo.

Another: João Pessoa, Paraíba. Voters complaining that bus services have been cut to impede access to polling stations. Same pattern as Salvador, São Paulo, São Gonçalo.

“URGENT AND SERIOUS: REPORTS THAT CITY HALLS IN SP AND SALVADOR REDUCED THE NUMBER OF BUSES ON THE STREETS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS. MAYORS DENY. PT CALLS FOR ARREST OF SALVADOR’S MAYOR. RUI COSTA SAYS HE IS A CRIMINAL.”

Nearly 159 million Brazilians are eligible to elect their next president, who will take office on Jan. 5, 2027. Polling stations will be open for nine hours, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time. Results will be known on Sunday, thanks to the country’s efficient electronic voting system.

🌎 A note from Saker Latinoamérica: Quantum Bird here.

A special note for the naive and the unwary: the latest electoral cycle in Brazil—regardless of its outcome—has at least served one useful purpose. It has unmasked a collection of actors (“ex-communists turned ‘sovereignists,'” commentators, columnists, and pseudo-geopolitical analysts) who, until literally last week, were radical defenders of Brazilian sovereignty, but are now declaring their support for a candidate who openly positions himself as an agent for the U.S. and Israel in the region. Personally, I have taken to calling these figures “geo-influencers,” as they engage in the same type of activity as their counterparts on platforms like “OnlyTrouxas” [a play on “OnlyFans,” with “trouxas” meaning “suckers/fools”], only within the thematic realm of geopolitics.

Quantum Bird brought awareness of the region and on a pragmatic note for today, we all hope that LULA wins.  That is however not the end of the story in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.  Here is an article that was posted on Naked Capitalism by Nick Corbishly that draws the picture for us step by step. For today however, we hope that LULA wins and tomorrow the hard work for the region starts again.

The US Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Troop Presence and Drone Capabilities in Latin America

We see the geo-influencers everywhere over social medias. Thanks for that apt word Quantum Bird!

🌎 Employees at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have expressed concern over what they describe as “obvious” and “biased” favoritism toward members of the Bolsonaro family during Brazilian elections.

🌎 Paul McCartney (Beatles fame) and his daughter sends support to LULA

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🌎 “There are no two extreme poles, but only one: the far right. Racist, coup-mongering, misogynistic, that idolizes a torturer.” Former soccer player Raí, brother of Sócrates and 1994 world champion, calls to vote for Lula tomorrow.

🌎 Now we’re cookin’

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign asks Brazil’s electoral court to disqualify Flávio Bolsonaro’s ticket, citing evidence that Meta has illegally favored him through recommendation algorithms and AI tools.

🌎 Good timing Roger ..

“If you have a grandmother who can’t get out of a chair to go to the polling station, carry her, put her on a donkey, put her in her car, take her to the polling station and vote, vote, vote.”

Pink Floyd’s @rogerwaters has thrown his support behind President Lula in his reelection bid. The musician is calling on Brazilians to save Brazil from Lula’s challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, who he says is in cahoots with the United States and intends to hand over Brazil’s minerals and Amazon forest to the Trump family, Jared Kushner and the ruling elite.

“Only you can save Brazil from the machinations of the gangsters who pretend to be the government in the United States of America and their allies in Brazil.”

🌎 LULA feels high! “I have an army bigger than the Chinese and the American. It is the army of Lula,” the Brazilian president said in an allusion to a public WhatsApp channel that has gathered more than 10 million users who define themselves as soldiers of democracy in the fight against fascism.

“I am sure we are going to win the elections. You can write it down: tomorrow I will be elected president of the Republic again,” the progressive leader declared to journalists just before setting off on a march along the Copacabana beach promenade.

On Saturday afternoon, Lula will travel to Sao Paulo, the country’s largest electoral district, to close his campaign. Meanwhile, Flavio Bolsonaro marched through the city of Belo Horizonte and will then move to Rio de Janeiro, the political cradle of bolsonarismo.

🌎 Brian Mier: Hundreds of campaign rallies are taking place in neighborhoods, towns and cities across Brazil . In one of over a dozen Lula rallies held in S. Paulo yesterday, thousands of theater workers and union activists marched through Se neighborhood.

🌎 Keep working Brothers!

José Genoino: Time to Knock on Doors, Not Coast to the Finish

Former Anti-dictatorship combatant and founding member of the PT warns the public not to relax into thinking the recent growing momentum for Lula ensures victory

🌎 Rats Prepare to Run:

Eduardo Bolsonaro, convicted former congressman who is evading justice in the United States, has let slip that Flávio Bolsonaro has already prepared to flee the country immediately if he loses election. Flávio is under multiple police investigations for corruption. 🚨

🌎 In final presidential debate before the runoff Lula zeroed in on class, workers rights and social inclusion.

Remarkably Flávio Bolsonaro was found by live fact checkers to be lying for almost his entire contribution to the debate.

🌎 President Lula states that he will “go all out” against Meta, saying that Brazil will not accept a foreign company negatively influencing Brazilians and humanity with a “digital empire.”

🌎 From Julian Assange:

Lula vs. Bolsonaro: I was held in solitary confinement for 1,901 days for revealing the truth about the U.S. government’s killings and espionage, including against Brazil and its industries. Out of power, Lula fought for my freedom. In power, Lula discussed my persecution with Pope Francis, who decided to meet with my family and offer help. After my release, Lula and I met in Rome to mourn the Holy Father’s passing. Lula was kind to my children and asked for nothing in return. In contrast, Jair and Flávio Bolsonaro did nothing and said nothing. Yet without the ability to say no to Washington and Tel Aviv, there can be no domestic policy, only foreign instructions. Those orders are always the same: “Expand our theft of resources and wages, and keep your mouths shut about us murdering children.” Sellouts will surrender everything in exchange for a cut, even their own tongues.

Wackzone Brazil : 2 days to go

Updates throughout the day. It is a wackzone out there with even the UN intervening.

While this election must be fought on the streets of Brazil, it is becoming an all-out fight to the death between the empirical criminal forces and the Brazilian people. I fear for LULA, I fear for the region, and I fear for us.

🌎  Datafolha Poll Shows Lula and Bolsonaro Tied at 50% Ahead of Runoff

🌎  The final televised debate will happen today.

🌎 Lego Explosive Media had a song to sing for Brazil and LULA.

🇧🇷 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿

The US and Israel want to dominate South America and exploit its resources for their destructive ambitions.

🌎 The world stands with Lula to defend Brazil! Go, Lula! ✊ https://t.co/oCt3VkX2UF

— Explosive Media (@ExplosiveMediaa) October 22, 2026

🌎 Wackzone Bolsonaro – She saw too much.

🌎 UN Presses Meta Over Manipulation in Brazil’s Election

“Digital platforms should not become unaccountable gatekeepers of political debate, nor should their systems be vulnerable to undue influence from political actors.” https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/un-presses-meta-over-manipulation

🌎 Meta’s Ad Library appears to have lost all records of paid boosting by Flavio Bolsonaro’s accounts between July 27th and September 2, 2026. Did he stop boosting content for 38 days, is Meta destroying records, or is it just another “technical glitch”? – Asks Brian Mier

🌎 Polling stations are still being moved, in the areas that traditionally vote for LULA’s Worker’s Party; https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/are-polling-stations-being-moved

🌎 LULA’s Army is still big time in the streets

4 days until election, the biggest political demonstration in Belo Horizonte’s history comes out for Lula. https://t.co/2YaWyANhli

— BRASILWIRE (@BRASILWIRE) October 21, 2026

🌎 Plotting from jail:

The far-right US puppet presidential candidate in Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro, wants to do a backdoor privatization of the country’s state-owned oil giant Petrobras, inviting in US Big Oil corporations.

His criminal father Jair Bolsonaro tried, but failed. Flávio wants to try again https://t.co/8lXKiTCzp3

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) October 23, 2026

Under House Arrest, Gen. Heleno Dictates Future Bolsonaro Cabinet Picks: https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/under-house-arrest-gen-heleno-dictates

🌎 During last Sunday’s televised debate, Lula challenged Bolsonaro to disclose the bank accounts of both candidates to show “who is honest and who is a thief.” The deadline was set for yesterday and so far, I see nothing. https://www.telesurenglish.net/lula-accepts-bolsonaros-conditions-for-financial-disclosure-sets-deadline/

🌎 Another filthy trickery – dirty cops arrest groups in the street, force them to wear LULA t-shirts and photograph these ‘arrests’ for the media.

🌎 “Lula is disputing an election with the son of a man who planned to kill him. Don’t normalize this.” https://www.panamericandispatch.org/p/in-defense-of-brazils-future

In downtown São Paulo thousands of municipal workers union members, theater workers and musicians paraded through the rain to show their support for Lula today – just one of hundreds of street rallies taking place across Brazil. https://t.co/PLflYCxbSS

— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) October 23, 2026

Studies released today show that Meta has been charging the Lula campaign 43% more for ads than it is charging the Bolsonaro campaign. Another “technical glitch”? https://t.co/eefhtamP0f

— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) October 23, 2026