Developing: The TV Globo presidential debate between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro was underway live Friday night in Rio de Janeiro, with Globo’s newsroom account saying the candidates were meeting in the last televised debate before the second-round vote.
In a post at 1:13 a.m. UTC, g1 reported that the debate was being held at the Estúdios Globo in Rio de Janeiro and mediated by journalist César Tralli. The post said the broadcast was being carried live on TV Globo, with simultaneous coverage on GloboNews and g1, and that the program was divided into four blocks of questions and answers plus final remarks.
Several other posts on X from viewers watching the broadcast described moments in which Lula was accused of making misleading claims during the debate, but those social-media reactions do not independently establish the accuracy of any specific statement made on air.
Pre-debate coverage from other outlets also matched the broadcast details. Exame reported earlier Friday that the encounter was scheduled for 9:20 p.m. local time, after Jornal Nacional, and that it would air on TV Globo, GloboNews and g1, with Globoplay also carrying the event. Ururau Notícias likewise reported the same start time and distribution across Globo platforms.
What remained unclear from the available material was whether any real-time fact-checking was being inserted into the television broadcast itself. Earlier reporting from TVT News said the company’s verification work would be concentrated online through g1 and affiliated platforms rather than interrupting the live TV debate.
Based on the available reporting, the main confirmed development is the live debate itself: Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro were facing off on Globo on the final major televised stage of the 2026 race, with the full fact-checking process expected to unfold online after or alongside the broadcast.
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