The Brazilian Report and the Brazil Office Alliance go live on runoff night, Sunday, Oct. 25, with a panel of leading experts on Brazilian politics.
On Oct. 25, The Brazilian Report and the Brazil Office Alliance are back for a live broadcast of Brazil's presidential runoff between President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Polls close across Brazil at 5 p.m. Brasília time, and we go live the moment they do, until 8 p.m. That's 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. EDT, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in London and 9 p.m. to midnight in Paris.
What we will cover
Live results as they come in
Lula vs. Flávio Bolsonaro: who won and how
The new Congress and the next government
Markets, Washington and the world's reaction
The transition and what comes next
📅 Save the date: add our Oct. 25 runoff broadcast to your calendar
(Sunday, Oct. 25, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Brasília time)
Our guests
Thiago Vidal is director of political analysis at Prospectiva, a public-affairs consultancy, where he is based in Brasília. His work focuses on Brazilian politics and its implications for businesses and investors.
Bruna Santos is director of the Brazil Program at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington. Her work focuses on Brazilian politics, democracy, and US-Brazil relations.
Guilherme Casarões is a political scientist and professor at Florida International University. His research focuses on Brazilian foreign policy, international relations and the politics of the far right.
Mariana Borges is a lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton and director of its Centre for Political Ethnography. Her research focuses on political behavior in Brazil, particularly among lower-income voters, as well as misinformation and electoral politics.
David Nemer is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and an ethnographer of technology. His research examines technology, inequality and misinformation, with extensive fieldwork in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.
Beatriz Rey is a political scientist and researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon. Her research focuses on legislative politics, political institutions and policymaking in Brazil and Latin America.
More guests to be announced.
Your hosts
Gustavo Ribeiro is an award-winning journalist and co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report. He holds a master's degree in political science and Latin American studies from Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris. When HBO's John Oliver explained Brazil's election to his audience, he put one of our articles on screen and used an interview Gustavo gave to Vox.
James N. Green is a historian and professor emeritus of modern Latin American history and Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University. His work focuses on modern Brazil, including the military dictatorship and US-Brazil relations.
Background reading
👉 Reminder: You can leave questions for our experts in advance using the comment box at the bottom of this page. You can also use it to interact during the live broadcast.
