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WhatsApp do GovBR, bets e eleição: informação ou propaganda? By Hotspotnews A oito dias do 1º turno, o governo federal disparou mensagem pelo WhatsApp oficial do GovBR avisando que foi publicada a Medida Provisória que proíbe as bets no Brasil. O texto é direto: quem tem saldo em sites ou aplicativos de apostas deve sacar até segunda-feira, 5 de outubro. Quem não conseguir retirar até essa data deve receber o dinheiro de volta pelos bancos até 14 de outubro. A MP foi assinada na sexta-feira, 25 de setembro. A partir dela, novos depósitos ficam bloqueados. Sites e apps devem sair…

The Pension Theft and the Court That Looked Away Research assisted by Grok. Figures drawn from the CPMI reports, CGU/INSS data, and press accounts of police and contract records. Publicly reported figures compiled with AI assistance. Not an official investigation. By Hotspotnews Brazil did not merely suffer a fraud against retirees. It revealed a ladder of corruption, from the clerk who inserted a fake membership to the minister who helped close the inquiry when the names got too close. The CPMI do INSS mapped the lower rungs. The Supreme Federal Court, by ending the commission and treating the scandal as…

Lula’s Betting Ban and the Underground Market: What the Record Shows By Hotspotnews President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure in late September 2026 that shuts down licensed sports-betting and online-casino operators in Brazil. Legal sites lose the right to take deposits immediately and must leave the air by 6 October. Shirt sponsors on Flamengo, Corinthians, Palmeiras and a dozen other clubs lose their contracts. The government presents the move as protection of families from addiction. The harder question is what happens to the money after the licensed firms disappear. The claim that the ban “just facilitates…

Lula, o banimento das bets e o mercado ilegal: o que o registro mostra By Hotspotnews O presidente Lula da Silva assinou no fim de setembro de 2026 uma medida provisória que encerra a operação das casas de apostas licenciadas no Brasil. Sites legais perdem o direito de receber depósitos de imediato e devem sair do ar até 6 de outubro. Patrocínios máster de Flamengo, Corinthians, Palmeiras e de uma dezena de outros clubes ficam insustentáveis. O governo apresenta a decisão como proteção às famílias contra o vício. A pergunta mais difícil é o que acontece com o dinheiro depois…

Brazilian Party Seeks U.S. Content Takedown Through Electoral Court By Hotspotnews A U.S.-based news outlet operating from South Florida received notice this week that a Brazilian political party has asked Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court to order the immediate removal of its posts about the 2026 Brazilian presidential election and the prediction market Polymarket. The request, filed by Partido Missão and its candidate Renan Santos, also sought daily fines if the content remained online. X forwarded the legal notice to UHN Plus. Justice André Mendonça declined to issue an immediate takedown and postponed a ruling until the parties could be heard.…

A discreta campanha dos EUA para defender a eleição do Brasil Michael Stott em Londres, Michael Pooler e Bryan Harris em São Paulo Publicado em 21 de junho de 2023by the Financial Times  Enquanto o Brasil se preparava para realizar uma eleição presidencial em outubro passado, muitos governos ao redor do mundo viam a votação com uma crescente sensação de presságio. O titular de extrema-direita, Jair Bolsonaro, estava flertando abertamente com a subversão da democracia do país. Ele atacou o processo eleitoral, alegando que as máquinas de votação eletrônicas usadas pelas autoridades brasileiras não eram confiáveis e, em vez disso,…

US Technical Assistance and Diplomatic Pressure Around Brazil’s 2022 Election Based in the Financial times Article- “The discreet US campaign to defend Brazil’s election, By Hotspotnews In May 2021 the TSE publicly launched a “Guia de Combate à Desinformação” prepared by the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS). CEPPS is a cooperative agreement supervised by USAID and includes the International Republican Institute, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the National Democratic Institute. The guide and related workshops were presented as tools to identify and counter false claims about the electronic voting system. In December 2021 then-TSE…

The Electoral Court Draws a Line on Paid Smears By Hotspotnews On Friday,  TSE minister André Mendonça fined Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign R$15,000 for paying to boost a video against Flávio Bolsonaro and the Bolsonaro family. The ruling also barred the campaign from buying more reach for the same material on any platform. That is not a ban on criticism. It is a ban on using paid amplification as a weapon. The video said the Bolsonaro family “left Brazil more violent,” claimed more than one million guns and one billion bullets had been put on the streets, tied…

When Friendship Blocks Accountability: Alcolumbre, Vorcaro, and the Banco Master Inquiry By Hotspotnews Senate President Davi Alcolumbre spent months using the powers of his office to keep a parliamentary inquiry into Banco Master from moving forward. Then messages surfaced showing he called the bank’s founder “meu amor” and declared himself “irmão pra vida toda.” That sequence should trouble anyone who believes public office exists to serve the public, not to protect personal networks. Banco Master collapsed after regulators and police described irregular operations on a large scale. Its founder, Daniel Vorcaro, was arrested. Multiple requests for a CPI or mixed…

Lula’s Election-Year Spending Blowout: Brazil’s Fiscal Hole Hits R$ 80.9 Billion By Hotspotnews Brazil’s public accounts are deteriorating just as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva campaigns for re-election. The government’s own fourth-bimester report, released September 24, 2026, raised the projected primary deficit for the year from R$ 52 billion to R$ 80.9 billion. That figure, confirmed by Jornal Nacional and reported by CNN Brasil, G1 and Valor Econômico, represents 0.59 percent of GDP. The official target remains a modest surplus of 0.25 percent of GDP, or about R$ 34.3 billion, with a tolerance band that allows the result to…