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World politics
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 week agoHow The Secret Agent Became Brazil's Reluctant Political Rorschach Test
Brazil's October presidential election marks the first vote since Bolsonaro's 2022 defeat, with Lula potentially becoming the country's first four-term president while the nation recovers from democratic threats.
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks agoRio Carnaval float draws criticims over Lula tribute
A parade float praising Brazil's president Lula strode through Rio's Sambadrome, drawing contreversy and triggering lawsuits. A carnival float in Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parade was the center of a controversy over Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his upcoming bid for reelection. Critics of the president accused him of improperly using the nation's high-profile Carnaval celebrations for political campaigning.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks agoBrazil's TikTok-born workplace revolution fights for more than one free day a week
Rick Azevedo, a resident of Rio de Janeiro, had been going from job to job for 12 years. All his positions had one thing in common: six consecutive work days, with one day off. On a Sunday night in 2023, consumed by exhaustion, he told himself that enough was enough. His boss had just called to ask him to come in early to his Monday shift as a pharmacy assistant. Feeling powerless and angry, the Brazilian grabbed his phone and logged into TikTok to vent.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months agoKey Bolsonaro ally arrested in Paraguay while trying to flee to El Salvador
A Brazilian former police chief, who fled the country after he was convicted as an accomplice in the attempted coup by Brazil's far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested in Paraguay, according to the country's immigration agency. Silvinei Vasques was arrested on Friday at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, the Paraguayan National Migration Directorate (DNM) said in a statement posted on its website.
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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months agoLula's balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities
Brazil's president must balance rainforest protection, emissions reduction and social development while confronting domestic political divisions and projects that open the Amazon to extractivism.
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