Three polls show a majority of Rio residents approve of the mega-operation against organized crime, the STF will review Bolsonaro’s appeals on Friday, and the Central Bank will decide on the benchmark interest rate

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 03 Nov 2025 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

In addition to the AtlasIntel poll released last Friday, October 31, three institutes – Quaest, Datafolha, and Paraná – published polls measuring how residents of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) view last Tuesday’s large-scale operation against organized crime in the Alemão and Penha complexes. The STF will begin on November 7 the virtual plenary review of appeals filed by former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and seven other defendants convicted of attempting a coup d’état. The Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday (November 3–4) to decide on the benchmark interest rate (Selic), currently at 15% per year. The expectation is that the Selic will remain unchanged.

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