Sam Cowie

An acute hous­ing cri­sis in Sao Paulo is fu­elling the rise of pre­car­i­ous set­tle­ments in en­vi­ron­men­tal­ly pro­tect­ed ar­eas.

Far-right in­cum­bent en­joys sol­id sup­port in the tim­ber dis­trict of Ro­raima state ahead of Oc­to­ber 30 sec­ond-round vote.

Far-right in­cum­bent Jair Bol­sonaro trails in na­tion­al polls, but leads by a wide mar­gin in Brazil­ian state of Ro­raima.

In Ro­raima, where two-thirds of peo­ple sup­port the far-right pres­i­dent, In­dige­nous ac­tivists aim to halt il­le­gal min­ing.

With ri­val Lula lead­ing in pres­i­den­tial polls ahead of Oct 2 elec­tions, ob­servers fear Bol­sonaro will not ac­cept de­feat.

Brazil agribusi­ness is keen to mine for potas­si­um in re­source-rich Ama­zon re­gion, but In­dige­nous fear neg­a­tive ef­fects.

Left-wing ex-pres­i­dent leads far-right in­cum­bent in polls, but ex­perts see tough road ahead of Oc­to­ber elec­tion.

Ex­perts say fer­til­iz­er needs, diplo­mat­ic tra­di­tion, Pres­i­dent Bol­sonaro’s elec­tion con­cerns af­fect stance on con­flict.

Brazil’s far-right pres­i­dent riles up hun­dreds of thou­sands of his sup­port­ers at mass ral­lies de­nounc­ing Supreme Court.

Brazil’s pres­i­dent is par­rot­ing Don­ald Trump’s fraud claims to pre­pare to con­test next year’s elec­tions, ex­perts say.