RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL – In Rio de Janeiro’s Cinelândia, the main plaza of Rio’s downtown district, Brazilian Socialist Party activist and geography teacher Lourenço Cesam and I are sitting down for lunch at the landmark Armelinho restaurant.  On one side of the plaza sits the Municipal Theater of

Folks,  Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where we are preparing for the last five days of campaigning before the runoff election this Sunday  Bolsonaro Required to Run Lula Fact Check in His Ads As election day nears in Brazil, trade unionists are desperately battling against an onslaught of misinformation. According

CURITIBA, BRASIL – “You never used to see flags like this,” says Renault worker Paulo Pissinini, my guide in Curitiba as he drives down one of the wealthiest boulevards in Curitiba, pointing to nearly two dozen Brazilian flags hanging from people’s balconies. “Brazil is not like the United States where

Greetings from São Paulo, where Payday is interviewing labor leaders as they prepare for the final week-long push for Lula ahead of Brazil’s runoff presidential election on Sunday, October 30.  Datafolha: Lula 52% – Bolsonaro 48%  As election day approaches, many trade unionists in Brazil are nervous that Bolsonaro may