{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_rig67yqijmfxlnsu3d6a","title":"Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/lula-remark-on-medical-exams-sparks-controversy-five-days-before-the-rig67yqijm","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_rig67yqijmfxlnsu3d6a","seq":771627,"kind":"article","title":"Lula remark on medical exams sparks controversy five days before the vote","url":"https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/29/lula-remark-on-medical-exams-sparks-controversy-five-days-before-the-vote","summary":"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.","published":"2026-09-29T21:37:00Z","seen":"2026-09-29T21:46:34Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"mercopress","name":"MercoPress","domain":"en.mercopress.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q3431351","name":"MercoPress","type":"news_agency","country":"UY","designations":["news agency","organization"]}},"via":"mercopress","topics":["health & science, politics, brazil"],"entities":[{"id":"Q37181","name":"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva","type":"person"}],"image":"https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/111614/100x80/16371642.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_rig67yqijmfxlnsu3d6a","category":"politics","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4699999988079071,"political":0.9700000286102295}]}