👤 Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

2026-10-02 · The Guardian · Politics

Brazil’s Lula says only he can stop rise of fascism under Bolsonaro’s son

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2026-10-02 · The Guardian · Politics

‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election

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2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Politics

‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump

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2026-09-04 · The Guardian · Politics

Colombia president provokes disgust by posing with bodies of ‘terrorists’

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2026-09-04 · The Guardian

🔮 The body bag footage, set to a stirring Hollywood-style score, was condemned by human rights activists and the president’s political opponents. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

🔮 In another broadcast, Silva seethed about the cosy post-Maduro relationship that has developed between one-time anti-imperialist flagbearers in Caracas and Trump officials: “Traitors and lackeys, you will have to answer for this!” assertive

2026-10-02 · The Guardian

🔮 But in recent days, speculation that Bolsonaro – son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro – might strip the widely cherished patroness of her position have caused a nationwide outcry, leaving some to question if it could tip the knife-edge election in favour of Lula, who is Catholic. “It could sway things one way or the other,” said Thomas Traumann, a political analyst who has been tracking the unusual election row. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Guardian

🔮 Speaking on the eve of the demonstration, the 80-year-old leftwinger said he had decided to seek a historic fourth term because he believed only he could prevent the family of his rightwing rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, returning to government. assertive