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Brazil’s election offers a simple choice:
Governance from Brasilia or from Washington.
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It’s 1989 again.
São Paulo Military Police are accused of forcing arrested young people to wear Lula/PT t shirts to be paraded before cameras.
In 1989 this was done to arrested kidnappers of Abilio Diniz, propaganda which helped swing the election for Collor at Lula’s expense.
PM-SP é acusada de obrigar jovens presos a vestirem camiseta do PT
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Meta's Ad Library appears to have lost all records of paid boosting by Flavio Bolsonaro's accounts between July 27th and September 2, 2026. Did he stop boosting content for 38 days, is Meta destroying records, or is it just another "technical glitch"? metropoles.com/colunas/mathe…
Continuity Golpismo: Jailed coup plotter General Heleno found to be secretly calling the shots in Bolsonaro’s prospective government, choosing leaders of Armed Forces, Highway police, and other positions.
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United Nations presses Meta over its manipulation of Brazil’s elections.
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BREAKING: Jornal Nacional reports that Flávio Bolsonaro and Willer Tomaz are partners in a Betting Company and both under Federal Police investigation for a money laundering and currency evasion scheme worth R$ 5 billion.
Italy’s @espressonline reports how Brazil’s indignant Italian community forced Bolsonaro’s party to take down sick Mussolini tribute.
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4 days until election, the biggest political demonstration in Belo Horizonte’s history comes out for Lula.
Breaking: 🚨 Jailed coup conspirators such as General Heleno are orchestrating Flávio’s planned government, police and armed forces, from prison.
And an amnesty for all of them of course. Their plan is as if the coup succeeded.
Source: ICL
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Sunday’s election will determine the fate of Brazilian democracy, the fate of Latin American sovereignty, and the survival of the Amazon rainforest — which is to say, that of all humanity.
In a sane world, Trump's (and Zuckerberg’s) escalating efforts to bring Bolsonaro back to power would be front-page news, but alas… we are not so lucky to live there.
Instead, we live in a world where Lula and Bolsonaro are neck-and-neck ahead of Sunday’s run-off. progressive.international/wi…
Activists in London have unveiled an ad outside Big Ben on Westminster bridge with Brazil set to vote in the second round of its election on October 25.
The activists say “this election doesn’t just affect Brazil…Bolsonaro is poised to destroy the Amazon. The world needs Lula.”
39 British MPs denounce US meddling in Brazil’s election.
“We are deeply alarmed that the Trump administration has made clear its support for the Bolsonaro movement and has been intervening in Brazilian politics in the run-up to the election”
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Google AI tries to hide Bolsonaro role in 2022 plot to assassinate Lula.
All the US tech platforms are working to help Bolsonaro.
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Cláudio Lottenberg, the staunch Zionist who will be health minister if Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, says that he is against healthcare as a constitutional right, and even blames the sick for their own illnesses.
Flávio Bolsonaro has demanded the Electoral Court ban you from typing:
“Bolsonaro mandou matar Lula?”
…into Google search.
Try it while you can.
👇🏽
39 UK Parliamentarians issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s election.
The statement specifies that electoral manipulation is being carried out via US tech platforms like Meta.
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