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Brazil armed forces' report on election finds no fraud

Brazil’s defense ministry has released a report highlighting flaws in electoral systems and proposing improvements

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula at COP27 will offer to host future climate summit -sources

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will offer to host a future global climate change summit when he attends the COP27 United Nations climate conference in Egypt next week, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Brazil's military finds no problems with vote, but sees risks

A long-awaited report by Brazil's armed forces on the security of the country's electronic voting system did not mention any specific problems with last month's vote, but said there were vulnerabilities in the code that could potentially be exploited.

Reuters

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Brazil military finds no evidence of election fraud, dashing hopes of Bolsonaro supporters

Jair Bolsonaro frequently raised doubts about integrity of election in the run-up to his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Guardian - AU

Andreas Kluth: Even without a red wave, this could now be Weimar America

Before we ponder the world’s biggest news this week, America’s surprisingly narrow midterm elections, let’s pay respect to Jair Bolsonaro. That’s because the Brazilian president recently did the right thing, becoming an unlikely role model for patriots in struggling democracies everywhere — even (or especially) for honest Republicans in the…

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro's party gears up to be Lula's opposition, will back him again in 2026

The party of Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, recently defeated by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be the main opposition to Lula when he takes office on Jan. 1, its leader, Valdemar Costa Neto, said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Cop27: Lula brings Brazil back into climate fold with pledge to save Amazon

Expectations are high for Brazil’s newly elected president to reverse years of climate damage

The Independent UK

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Musk promises to investigate Twitter suspension of far-right Brazilian figures

High-profile names, including grandson of military dictator, complained they were being denied free speech

The Guardian - US

What impact will the election defeat of Jair Bolsonaro have on Brazil?

IT’S been a week since Brazil announced that its former president Luiz a Lula da Silva won the election over his rival Jair Bolsonaro. Da Silva…

The National (Scotland)

Lula vows to halt deforestation

The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power

Salon

Analysis-Brazil's Lula hopes to unite rainforest nations, tap funding at COP27

A new alliance of rainforest nations - sought by Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - could be key to unlocking conservation funding and bolstering a flagging global forest pact at the COP27 climate summit, environmentalists say.

Reuters

How Bolsonaro took Brazil up to the brink, then stepped back

When Brazil’s electoral court announced Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election win last Sunday, the defeated President Jair Bolsonaro stayed home and said nothing.

Tribune News Service

The left now rules most of Latin America. Will it be able to live up to its promises?

MEXICO CITY — Over the last four years, leftist candidates have won presidential elections in one Latin American country after the other: Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Colombia.

Los Angeles Times

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts

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Reuters

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

One year after more than 140 countries pledged to halt all deforestation by 2030, little has been done to finance protections or pass new conservation laws, experts say.

Reuters

Brazil election marked by disinformation networks, says Carter Center

The Carter Center said on Friday that Brazil's presidential election was marked by a proliferation of sophisticated disinformation attacking the voting system and then questioning the impartiality of the national electoral authority.

Daily Mirror

Nelson Piquet investigated by Brazilian prosecutors after wishing for president's death

Disgraced former F1 champion Piquet sparked more controversy in his homeland this week, after cursing the new president of Brazil while protesting the result of the election

Reuters

Motor racing-Brazil prosecutors seek Piquet probe after Lula 'cemetery' comment

Brazilian prosecutors late on Thursday asked local police to open an investigation against Nelson Piquet after a video on social media showed the former Formula One world champion saying President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva belongs "in the cemetery".

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Radio France Internationale

Brazil's supreme court rules to reactivate fund to protect Amazon rainforest

Environmental activists in Brazil and the governments of Norway and Germany on Friday welcomed a supreme court ruling that clears the path for Brazil's new government to relaunch a multibillion euro international programme aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest.

The Independent UK

Post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil unlikely amid strained ties between Lula and Tory government

Exclusive: Conservative ministers accused of ‘cosying up’ to defeated hardliner Bolsonaro

France 24

Cartooning for Peace: Lula's return to power in Brazil provides hope for the Amazon

After a particularly tense campaign, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election on October 30 against the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

The Conversation

Zero deforestation in the Amazon is now possible – here's what needs to happen

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Look who’s (sorta) conceding: Bolsonaro, Latin America’s Trump, is more committed to democracy than our own former president

While people in 50 states hold their breath to see where midterm election winds take us, the world turns. In Israel, a dizzying fifth parliamentary election in four years looks likely to give scandal-scarred Benjamin Netanyahu another turn. And in Brazil, voters have chosen to return scandal-scarred Luiz Inácio Lula…

The Guardian - UK

‘Brazilians tired of him’: how Bolsonaro the ‘unfloppable’ flopped

The far-right ex-soldier often boasted of his virility but in the end his macho posturing repelled a majority of voters

The Guardian - AU

Brazil supreme court ruling to reactivate Amazon Fund gives hope in fight to save rainforest

Fund was paralysed when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two committees in 2019

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