The STF crisis continues, criticism of the Supreme Court ranked among the highest-engagement content on Brazilian social media, and five presidential polls are expected to be released today

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 17 Sep 2026 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

There were strong reactions from both the government and the opposition on the day after the Supreme Federal Court’s (STF) proceedings involving Alexandre de Moraes. On the government side, President Lula said he was outraged by what is happening. The opposition, meanwhile, was unhappy with Justice Kassio Nunes Marques’s decision to recuse himself. According to a Pulso Bite report, criticism of the Supreme Court ranked among the highest-engagement content on Brazilian social media yesterday. Of 4.8 million online posts published over the past two days, 2.5 million referenced the clash among Supreme Court justices. Today, five presidential polls are expected to be released: Gerp, Datafolha, PoderData, AtlasIntel, and Futura.

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