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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Recognizes Biden Victory, Reaches out to President-elect

By Latin America News · December 15, 2020 · 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Reuters) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, December 15th, said he had begun the process of reaching out formally to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, making the far-right South American leader one of the last world leaders to do so.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, December 15th, said he had begun the process of reaching out formally to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, making the far-right South American leader one of the last world leaders to do so.

In an interview with Brazil’s TV Band, Bolsonaro said that with the vote now confirmed by the U.S. Electoral College, he would no longer discuss the election. A fervent ideological ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Brazilian leader had voiced concerns about widespread fraud in the November vote.

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B3 · São Paulo
Oct 3, 2026 · 23:38

Ibovespa · benchmark

192,114.55
+2.63%

L 167,142day rangeH 168,310

+21.85% over 12 months

Market breadth · 15 names

47% advancing

7 ▲ advancing8 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

USD / BRL

5.16

+0.01%

EUR / BRL

5.95

+1.01%

Selic rate

14.00%

·

Brent crude

88.88

-0.03%

Iron ore

161.91

·

Sector heatmap · average move today

Materials

+2.35%

SUZB3

Mining

+1.16%

VALE3, CSNA3, GGBR4

Industrials

+0.20%

WEGE3, RENT3

Financials

-0.10%

ITUB4, BBDC4, BBAS3, B3SA3

Energy

-0.12%

PETR4, PRIO3

Consumer Staples

-0.80%

ABEV3

Utilities

-1.38%

ENEV3

Consumer Disc.

-2.63%

AZZA3

Latin America scoreboard

IndexLastTodayStrength

IbovespaBrazil
192,114.55
+2.63%

S&P/BMV IPCMexico
64,531.68
+1.10%

S&P IPSAChile
10,916.57
+0.08%

S&P MERVALArgentina
2,767,663
+0.32%

MSCI COLCAPColombia
2,515.02
-0.59%

BVL S&P PerúPeru
59,751.67
+0.18%

Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
IBOV	192,114.55	+2.63%	+21.85%	187,197.46	168,310	167,142	—
USD/BRL	5.16	+0.01%	-5.13%	5.16	5.18	5.14	—
SELIC	14.00%		—	—	—	—	—
PETR4	41.64	-0.05%	+35.19%	41.66	41.97	41.15	41,499,400
VALE3	72.97	+0.83%	+30.75%	72.37	73.54	72.66	17,658,000
ITUB4	38.60	-1.03%	+4.57%	39.00	39.34	38.39	29,487,800
BBDC4	16.85	+0.36%	+3.50%	16.79	16.90	16.67	19,416,900
BBAS3	19.37	+0.47%	+0.73%	19.28	19.44	19.16	11,069,200
B3SA3	14.26	-0.21%	+12.73%	14.29	14.47	14.11	33,037,800
ABEV3	14.89	-0.80%	+21.91%	15.01	15.07	14.81	16,453,100
WEGE3	47.59	+0.49%	+29.99%	47.36	48.08	47.36	3,364,600
PRIO3	59.14	-0.19%	+50.67%	59.25	59.81	58.74	3,325,600
SUZB3	41.33	+2.35%	-23.55%	40.38	41.48	40.35	3,914,900
RENT3	34.68	-0.09%	+0.84%	34.71	34.96	34.35	7,979,100
AZZA3	15.89	-2.63%	-53.76%	16.32	16.42	15.82	1,330,300
CSNA3	4.30	+0.47%	-42.65%	4.28	4.41	4.26	10,076,100
GGBR4	24.69	+2.19%	+51.38%	24.16	24.85	24.18	7,047,600
ENEV3	24.21	-1.38%	+70.49%	24.55	24.64	23.99	9,297,000