Greetings from Payday Report’s temporary HQ in Rio de Janeiro, where we are four days out from the Brazilian presidential runoff election.  AtlasIntel: Lula Leading 52% – 46%  A new poll by AtlasIntel shows Lula leading 52% to 46%. While there has been some doubt among political observers about the

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