Frenchman Le Monde went to Betim (MG), “one of the most polarized cities” during the election, and spoke to Thaís do Carmo, 31. She says she is indecisive because, being “entrepreneurial, she hates” the left, but “can’t take it anymore Bolsonaro’s aggressiveness and vulgarity”.
American media, on the other hand, question the current president again and rediscover Lula, on the eve of the second round. In an article published in the Washington Post, “Out of prison and leading the polls, Lula is approaching a total comeback.”
He hears from John French, a historian at Duke University and biographer of the former president, that “he is all Brazilians” and that, in the country, “everyone recognizes his voice, his smile, his sense of humor”.
For Bloomberg, the Ipec and Ipespe polls, carried out between the 22nd and 24th, show that Bolsonaro’s “moment” “stopped after a series of incidents, including the arrest of one of his supporters, a violent episode that shocked Brazilians.” ” on Sunday (23).
In another incident, “Minister Paulo Guedes infuriated voters after plans to end salary and pension readjustments.”
In a multimedia report at the top of the home page throughout Tuesday (above), the New York Times detailed “How Brazil’s leader built the myth of fraudulent election” and “now the country prepares for its reaction if it loses the election on Sunday” .
The paper “scoured hundreds of hours of interviews, speeches and ‘lives’ and thousands of its social media posts to map out its eight-year efforts to question the voting system.”
And underlines that, “despite their allegations, there is no evidence of fraud in electronic voting machines since Brazil started using them in 1996, according to independent experts, electoral authorities in Brazil and foreign governments, including the United States”.
NYT & RESEARCH
Also in the American newspaper, “The polls in Brazil were wrong. Now the right wants to criminalize them”.
It reports at length the efforts of supporters and government bodies, “incited” by the president, and warns that they are “part of a broader narrative forced by Bolsonaro and allies, with no evidence – that the political establishment and the left are trying to rig the election. “.
NATURE & SQUID
In an editorial, the scientific journal argues that “There is only one choice in Brazil’s election — for the country and the world.” A new Bolsonaro term “would pose a threat to science, democracy and the environment”, which is detailed, point by point, “in contrast” to Lula.
GOLDMAN & G7
On Bloomberg, with the chart above, “Sunak as Prime Minister reinforces Goldman Sachs’ dominance in the G7”, the group of rich countries.
Since 2005, “there has always been a former employee [do banco americano] as prime minister, in finance or in the central bank”, with only a few days between the departure of Italian Mario Draghi and the inauguration of British Rishi Sunak.
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