Lula’s victory is a stress test for the Global South
Trump can still punish Brazil for pursuing an independent course. Can China offer lasting alternatives to US dominance?

Trump can still punish Brazil for pursuing an independent course. Can China offer lasting alternatives to US dominance?









The far-right ally of US President Donald Trump has fled to Miami with his wife and children.

Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate, landed in Florida after fleeing the country with his family.
Bolsonaro claimed that he was the “true” president of Brazil, even after his political party agreed with the results.

Flavio Bolsonaro’s former campaign manager says the senator did not inform him that he planned to flee Brazil.
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
News comes one day after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.
Andre Janones built a WhatsApp army of nearly 11 million subscribers. Did it help Lula win?
Lula’s fourth term may have spared BRICS an internal fracture at a time when Trump is trying to reassert US power.

Brazilian police shot a man who assaulted and threatened his partner with a fake gun in Criciuma, southern Brazil.
Trump pushes unsubstantiated claims about Brazil’s presidential vote but says he ‘didn’t take sides’ in the race.