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Brazilian Police Arrest Five Over Alleged Assassination Plot

Brazilian authorities uncover coup plot to assassinate President Lula involving military personnel and advanced strategies.

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Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win

Four military personnel and a police agent held on suspicion of plan to prevent inauguration of president

The Guardian - US

Brazilian police arrest 5 officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Lula, others

Brazilian police have arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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Brazil Arrests G20 Guards Over Alleged 2022 Lula Assassination Plot

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four soldiers guarding the G20 summit over an alleged plot to assassinate then President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a 2022 "coup," a federal police source told AFP. The four "were arrested in Rio, where they were participating in the security operation for the…

International Business Times

Extremism, interest rates and tariffs: the political and economic challenges the Trump administration will impose on Brazil

In recent months, Brazilians have closely followed the US presidential campaign. Since 2016, whatever happens in American politics seems likely to unfold in Brazil. In many ways, the American political chasm reflects Brazil’s own political polarisation.

The Conversation

Biden: No reversal of US clean energy advances ahead of Trump presidency

Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon, where he emphasised fight against climate change.

Al Jazeera

Biden becomes the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest

Joe Biden has become the first current U.S. president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest

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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Condemns Far-Right Attack

Supreme Court justice in Brazil attributes explosion to far-right attacks. Federal Police investigate as terrorism. Tensions rise between Bolsonaro support...

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Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police

Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília

The Guardian - UK

Explosive Suicide Attack At Brazil's Supreme Court

A man detonates explosives at Brazil's Supreme Court, sparking chaos and evacuation. Tensions rise over judicial authority and extremism in the country.

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Brazil Looking For Motive After Attempted Supreme Court Bombing

Authorities in Brazil on Thursday were searching for the motive of a man who apparently tried to bomb the Supreme Court, killing himself in the process.

International Business Times

Man With Explosives Dies Trying To Enter Brazil's Supreme Court

A man with explosives died Wednesday trying to enter Brazil's Supreme Court in what appeared to be a suicide, officials said, days before the country hosts the G20 summit.

International Business Times

Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it

The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour

The Guardian - UK

Milei, Bukele and Other Latin American Leaders Promptly Congratulate Trump on His Victory

The list also includes president Braziluan Lula da Silva and Panama's Jose Raúl Mulino but not Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum

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The Guardian - UK

‘Time for patriots’: global far-right figures celebrate Trump’s win

Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in Europe and the Americas paying tribute

The Independent UK

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon

Brazil’s Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before

The Conversation

Civilian support for military coups isn’t a bug – it’s a feature

In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country’s former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation’s president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have joined a growing list of African countries to have experienced a military coup over…

The Independent UK

Brazil federal police seek extradition of Bolsonaro supporters from Argentina

Brazil’s Federal Police has requested the extradition of dozens of people who had fled the country after being accused of storming top government offices last year, in an alleged bid to forcefully restore former President Jair Bolsonaro to office

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International Business Times

Musk's X Returns In Brazil After 40-day Showdown With Judge

Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in the country on Wednesday.

International Business Times

Brazil Lifts Ban On Musk's X, Ending Standoff Over Disinformation

Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday it was lifting a ban on Elon Musk's social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.

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Rio De Janeiro Mayor Re-Elected; Sao Paulo Race Neck-And-Neck

Incumbent Eduardo Paes secures fourth term as Rio mayor, Sao Paulo race undecided amidst controversy. Brazil's local elections witness high voter turnout a...

International Business Times

Brazilians Choose Mayors, Councillors In Bellwether Election

Brazilians go to the polls Sunday to elect mayors and councillors in more than 5,500 cities after a vitriolic, sometimes violent, campaign two years after presidential elections that polarized Latin America's biggest country.

The Independent UK

Record-setting number of transgender candidates risk their lives in Brazil

Nearly 1,000 transgender politicians are running Sunday in every one of Brazil’s 26 states

France 24

Filmmaker Sandra Kogut on capturing Brazil's polarised election

A woman who captured on film Brazil's presidential election and the subsequent coup attempt as supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how her film has become a real historical document. Sandra Kogut had given out cameras and asked people…

The Guardian - US

São Paulo election ‘a horror show’ as candidates trade blows and insults

Two televised debates ahead of 6 October mayoral election turn physically violent, with participants treated in hospital

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