Argentina holds breath as far-right Milei seizes narrow runoff advantage Populist provocateur appears slight favorite over Peronist Sergio Massa as 35m Argentinians vote to choose new president The Guardian - US · Nov 19, 2023
‘The echoes with Trump are obvious’: BBC series on Caesar casts light on similarities with modern populists A new three-part docudrama will explore the rise and fall of the Roman general-turned-despot and his impact on history The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023
Milei fraud claims echo Trump ahead of Argentinian presidential runoff The far-right candidate’s attacks on the electoral process raises fears that he might not accept a negative result in Sunday’s vote The Guardian - US · Nov 17, 2023
Skin review – Brazilian city’s protest art maps out supercharged political landscape In a wordless paean to Belo Horizonte, this film celebrates the graffiti found throughout the streets as an act of resistance against Jair Bolsonaro The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023
Brazilian Grand Prix signs F1 contract to 2030 The championship returned to the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in 1990, after a switch to Rio de Janeiro 12 years previously, and in 2020 event officials renewed terms with F1 for another five years. Autosport · Nov 3, 2023
Covid inquiry live: Dominic Cummings sorry for foul-mouthed WhatsApps but denies misogyny over sexist rant Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff called civil servant Helen MacNamara a ‘c***’ in one message The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023
Boris Johnson was ‘Trump-Bolsonaro level mad and dangerous’ on Covid, civil service chief says Then-PM wanted to end social distancing just as second wave of pandemic was feared while cases were rising The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023
Mario Vargas Llosa says latest novel will be his last Nobel prize-winning Peruvian author still plans to write an essay on Sartre that ‘will be the last thing I write’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Tuesday briefing: How Argentina punctured far-right populism’s rise in South America In today’s newsletter: Javier Milei was expected to top the first round of voting in the presidential election, but the country picked the centrist candidate The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023
Argentina: leftists celebrate after far-right Milei fails to win election victory Lula and other Latin American leftwingers hail Sergio Massa’s first-placed finish, with election now headed to November runoff The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2023
First Thing: Israel launches ‘limited raids’ into Gaza Strip overnight White House says there will be ‘continued flow’ of aid, after Biden speaks with Netanyahu. Plus, far-right populist Javier Milei comes second in the first round of Argentina’s presidential election The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023
Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election Potty-mouthed political outsider will head to November runoff with centrist finance minister Sergio Massa The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023
Argentine economy minister upsets populist as they head to presidential runoff Sergio Massa surprised Sunday night by finishing on top in the first round of Argentina's presidential election, reflecting voters' wariness about handing the presidency to a right-wing populist. WEKU · Oct 22, 2023
‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president If elected on Sunday, populist Javier Milei vows to abolish central bank, loosen gun laws, legalize sale of human organs The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2023
The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023 Argentina’s far-right frontrunner reopens wounds of dictatorship Javier Milei has provoked alarm and outrage by downplaying the number of victims of the country’s 1976-83 military rule
WEKU · Oct 19, 2023 Lawmakers in Brazil say Bolsonaro should be charged with attempting to stage a coup Former president Bolosnaro rejected the report's findings, issued by lawmakers mostly allied with the current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as biased. "It's completely biased," Bolsonaro said.
The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2023 Bolsonaro was engineer of ‘wilful coup attempt’, Brazil congress inquiry alleges Congressional investigation into failed rightwing insurrection on 8 January calls for former president to be charged with four crimes
The Guardian - US · Oct 14, 2023 ‘He acts like Wolverine’: who is Javier Milei, Argentina’s presidential frontrunner? The hard-right libertarian has brandished a chainsaw on the campaign trail, found fame on TV scrutinizing the economy and evangelizing about tantric sex, and appears poised to win
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023 Brazil is taking a new direction after Bolsonaro – but will Britain take note? Much has changed already under Lula da Silva’s presidency, but this vast country does not receive the attention it deserves
The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2023 When people feel hopeless about politics, ‘vote-tripling’ can inspire them. Could it work for New Zealand? It’s enough for individuals to make a difference but not so ambitious that it puts them off. It achieved results in the US and Brazil, so how about here?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023 Brazil’s first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples: ‘It is time for the world to look at our way of life’ Sônia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil’s most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers – and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 In the line of fire: Indigenous brigades battling forest blazes in the Amazon The photographer Victor Moriyama follows an Indigenous fire brigade as they try to fill the gap left by the Brazilian state in Rondônia, one of the most deforested regions of the Amazon
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023 Soccer star Paulinho becomes torchbearer in Brazil for his sometimes-persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith
The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2023 Brazilians push to make dream of Black woman on supreme court a reality Women make up 51% of the population, and Afro-Brazilians 56%, but no Black woman has ever sat on the highest court
Salon · Sep 27, 2023 Brazil Court upholds Indigenous rights The ruling puts up additional road blocks for the mining, logging, and cattle industries