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Lula Remark on Medical Exams Sparks Controversy Five Days Before the Vote

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A remark by Brazilian President and re-election candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about men's reluctance to undergo prostate examinations has sparked a controversy in the final stretch of the campaign, after opposition figures linked it to child sexual abuse. Lula's campaign has taken the matter to the Superior Electoral Court.

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The campaign of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triggered the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) asking for the removal of publications of the federal congressman Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) that decontextualized a Lula talk about prostate and gynaecological exams. The lawyers also ask that the parliamentarian be forbidden to publish "content with identical content". At the summit in Bethlehem (PA) on Monday night, Lula said that women learn to tak…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Talks about the president about preventive exams impacted on social networks, while campaigned the TSE against publications it considers out of context The post After Lula talk about ‘women learn to take touch', web reacts and calls president of ‘demon' and ‘pedophile' appeared first in ND More

Party states that the statement on "playing" since childhood is inadequate reference to childhood; Lula's campaign says that president referred to preventive gynecological examinations The PL (liberal party) criticized on Tuesday (29) a statement by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the rally in Belém (PA). In publication in the X, the party [...]

Lula campaign goes to TSE by posts about talking that women 'learn to take touch from small'. Read more

The PT (Workers' Party) acted on Tuesday, 29, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) against alleged misinformation related to the speech of President Lula (PT) that women learn to take touch from small. The statement was made by the petist during an act in Bethlehem on Monday, 28. In a note, the PT asks for the removal of...

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Estadão broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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