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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Tom Phillips

    ‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election (opens the original)

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    Speculation that Flávio Bolsonaro will try to strip Our Lady of Aparecida of position could become deciding factor in run-up to Sunday A row of Biblical proportions has erupted in the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election, with the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, emerging as an unlikely kingmaker in the deadlocked race. Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the two frontrunners – the leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his far-right challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro – are level in

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Tom Phillips

    Brazil attorney general says meddling ‘cannot be tolerated’ after Trump funding plans revealed (opens the original)

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    Jorge Messias calls Guardian report ‘an important alert for Brazilian sovereignty’ as nation prepares to go to polls Brazil’s attorney general has said foreign meddling in his country’s institutions and democracy “cannot be tolerated” after a Guardian report revealed how the Trump administration was pushing to direct funds to a campaign against the Brazilian supreme court. Writing on X, Jorge Messias called the report “an important alert for Brazilian sovereignty”. “The informa

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Tom Phillips

    ‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump (opens the original)

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    Diehard Hugo Chávez supporters struggle to comprehend ideological U-turn being executed by Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration He was one of the most passionate propagandists for Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian revolution: a feisty leftist TV personality who spent more than two decades singing the movement’s praises on his state-funded show, The Razorblade. Mario Silva’s devotion was such that he often hosted his programme with Chávez’s portrait behind him and he had El Comandante’

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Tom Phillips

    ‘Viscerally dedicated to social issues’: behind Lula’s drive to win final term in Brazil’s crunch election (opens the original)

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    Longtime friend tells of president’s obsession with social justice and fears for country’s future under another Bolsonaro presidency On 1 January 2023, a few hours after being sworn in for his third stint as Brazil’s president, a ravenous Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sneaked away from a celebratory cocktail party packed with politicians and diplomats to grab a snack with one of his oldest friends. “This is your penultimate term,” that friend, the Dominican theologian and writer Frei Bett

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Tom Phillips and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

    Lula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in election - AOL (opens the original)

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    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign has accused Donald Trump of wanting to “colonise” Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling in next month’s presidential election. The accusation came in a televised campaign advert that was broadcast on Thursday by Lula’s team amid growing fears over the impact alleged US interference could have on the vote. The TV spot claimed the US president was trying to sway the election in favour of Lula’s far-right adversary in the elec

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