Brazil jersey hostage to politics a month from World Cup
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil: Every four years, there is an explosion of green and yellow in Julio Cesar Freitas’s neighborhood as locals cover the streets in the colors of the Brazilian flag.
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And in Brazil, less than three weeks remain before the second round in the presidential election. As each day passes, supporters of former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva - who went into the first round as the frontrunner - are getting increasingly worried that their candidate might actually lose. His momentum has been on the decline ever since incumbent leader, conservative Jair Bolsonaro, made a stronger-than-expected showing in round one. We take a closer look at how Lula is trying to pull out all the stops before the October 30 vote.
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Also in this edition, Brazil's presidential election will be a run-off between current leader Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro fared much better than expected in the first round, keeping former left-leaning leader Lula from his predicted outright win. And if Lula does clinch victory in the second round, he'll still face the challenge of a very right-leaning parliament. We take a closer look.
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It's a whole new race. Yes, the faces are familiar but since Lula's heyday, when this emerging giant roared and commodity exports boomed, Brazil has been battered by corruption, Covid and culture wars amplified by social media. Bolsonaro is taking a leaf out of the Trump playbook by methodically laying the groundwork for confrontation with unsubstantiated allegations of fraud. Could Brazil experience its own January 6 moment?
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Annexation Day, Trouble in the Baltic Sea, UK tax cuts, Brazil election
When Vladimir Putin says no going back, it comes in a week where it is all coming to a head: the referendum, mobilisation and the explosions that took out the currently-offline Nord Stream pipelines, pipelines hit by the equivalent of hundreds of kilos of TNT according to the Danes. All sides point to sabotage. In whose interest is it to blow up the natural gas link between Russia and Germany? On the day Germany rolled out a €200 billion energy subsidy plan for consumers and businesses. Here in France, there is talk of mandatory measures if the French do not watch their energy consumption this winter.
Jair Bolsonaro, Neymar, dan Jersey Timnas Brasil yang Kini Ditakuti
Presiden Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, menggunakan sepakbola sebagai alat kampanye, semisal menggandeng Neymar. Publik kini takut mengenakan jersey timnas lagi.
Neymar Faces Criticism For Backing Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian football superstar Neymar Jr. was forced onto the back foot Friday after fierce criticism over his public endorsement of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro just days before a deeply-polarized election. On Thursday, the 30-year-old footballer posted a video on TikTok -- where he has over eight million followers -- of himself bopping to a pro-Bolsonaro campaign song, a big grin on his face. He used his fingers to flash the number 22 -- the candidate number of Bolsonaro in his election showdown against leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls.