The campaign started in Brazil and, in the US, the news is supported by the Associated Press, a cooperative of the main American newspapers and broadcasters.
The agency went to Juiz de Fora and São Bernardo do Campo to dispatch that “Brazil’s presidential campaign begins amid fears of violence.” Opening the text, he details that there is a “growing concern about political violence and threats to democracy”.
The tone was the same in Europe, with texts from correspondents in the country.
In English The Guardian, “Campaign is launched amid fears of violence and uprising” or, more precisely, just below, “The far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is behind in the polls and has hinted that he will not hand over power if is defeated”.
In the news of the German network ARD, Tagesschau, “Bolsonaro in the footsteps of Trump?”. In second highlight, “Polls put Lula ahead, but many wonder if Bolsonaro would accept defeat”.
In French Libération, “Campaign launch under high tension”. Another Frenchman, Le Monde, highlighted that “Lula joins the campaign to overthrow Jair Bolsonaro”.
The German Süddeutsche Zeitung produced a profile of Michelle Bolsonaro, “First lady and ‘secret weapon’ in her husband’s campaign” (above). The correspondent says that “the polls may be wrong, and Bolsonaro is slowly gaining votes – especially among one group: women”.
Also noting the current president’s strength, the Financial Times profiled the “Big Center”, under the title “Centrão: Kingmakers supporting Bolsonaro”, with support “in exchange for influence and public funds”.
RACE TO BRAZIL
Regardless of the campaign, China and Europe keep an eye on Brazil to face the challenges in the global chain of agricultural products.
In Caixin, “China will accelerate corn imports from Brazil amid the war in Ukraine and tensions with the US”. In the Reuters agency, “the European Union is in contact with Brazil to resume negotiations on the trade pact with Mercosur”, this “in the midst of rapid changes in global supply chains”.
On the other hand, the FT, even in its Chinese edition, warns in a long report about “The other deforestation in Brazil: has the savannah agriculture boom gone too far?”. He refers to the Cerrado, “threatened by decades of intensive agriculture”.
‘ORWELLIAN’
The New York Times describes in its digital headline this Tuesday, late afternoon, as a “law on health, climate and taxes”. But the official name of what Joe Biden signed is the “Inflation Reduction Act,” which has been called “Orwellian” for weeks, from the Wall Street Journal to the ABC network — above, urging the new White House spokeswoman, who even thanked the question about the fraudulent name, but did not respond.
