Brazil Debate Canceled After Bolsonaro Withdraws

In Brazil in October 2026, a televised debate on TV Globo was canceled after Flávio Bolsonaro withdrew and Lula did not attend. Bolsonaro cited what he called censorship by the TSE, the country's electoral court. The TSE had barred an empty podium for Lula, and a court order required Renan to appear. Lula's campaign said Bolsonaro raised his tone and then fled. Bolsonaro called Lula a "fugitive" and spoke of censorship in the elections.

Separately, Flávio Bolsonaro asked Supreme Court Justice Fachin to remove Justice Dino from cases involving the elections, Lula and himself. Fachin rejected the request. Eduardo Bolsonaro suggested he would become foreign minister in Flávio Bolsonaro's government.