“We Are Not Five”
Erdogan’s Statement in G20 SummitErdogan made important statements at a press conference after the G20 Leaders Summit in Brazil.
Erdogan made a remarkable statement about the Russia-Ukraine war.
“As I have always stated, the world is bigger than 5. The UN Security Council has gone bankrupt, turned into an elitist structure that serves 5 permanent members,”
he said.
Erdogan went on:
“We are one of the countries that support Palestine the most. We are always reaching out to Gaza and Lebanon. Israel is committing a crime against humanity. 2 Million people in Gaza do not have access to food and water. Coercive measures are necessary for Israel.”
“We have cut off trade relations with Israel. Although some political parties are saying strange things, we have broken off our relationship.
We did not allow the Israeli president to use our air line when he left. We have to show our attitude in some things now, we will.”
After the US gave Ukraine long-range missile approval for use on Russian territory Vladimir Putin approved the updated nuclear doctrine.
Speaking on the subject, Erdogan said: “I think Russia's statement is first of all a measure taken against conventional weapons against a self-directed attitude. I think this step taken by Russia, in particular, against this measure, should also be considered by NATO officials, and this step should also be reviewed by NATO officials.
First of all, Russia has the power to protect itself, it also has the measures to protect itself. He has to have.
In the same way, as a NATO country, we have to take steps to protect ourselves. Russia and Ukraine are our neighbors. We have to protect our relations with them.”
During the summit Erdogan met with the heads of state and government of more than 35 countries, representatives of international organizations, as well as those invited by the president of the Dec.
Turkey has also actively contributed to the G-20 activities this year. The topics that Brazil has determined very accurately for the 2024 presidency.
Combating hunger, poverty and inequality, energy transition and sustainable development, reform of global governance institutions are issues that we are closely following.
“In my main address at the summit, which was held with the theme of a just world and sustainable, I drew attention to the human development activities carried out by Turkey with the motto of leaving no one behind,”
Erdogan said.
We are witnessing the bankruptcy of international organizations in the face of wars, natural disasters and atrocities. At the very beginning of this comes the UNSC.
Instead of taking into account the rights and legal concerns of 193 countries, according to the Turkish leader, the Security Council only has turned it into an elitist structure that emphasizes the interests of the permanent member and serves these 5 countries.
There can be no consistent explanation for this in today's pluralistic world.
The world is bigger than these five. The war between Russia and Ukraine in the region very close to us. There are effective UN and Security Council reforms in our efforts aimed at building a more just order.
“People see that our important determination, which we expressed for the first time 11 years ago, is being adopted by wide masses every day.
We are receiving serious support from Latin America, Africa and Asia, which are excluded and victimized by the existing mechanisms.”
#Brazil #G20 #Russia #Ukraine #war #Erdogan
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Brazil: “Everyone is a Russian Spy” 🕵️♂️🇧🇷
A Russian intelligence officer, Artem Shmyrev, seemed to have built the perfect cover identity. He ran a successful 3-D printing business and shared an upscale apartment in Rio de Janeiro with his Brazilian girlfriend and a fluffy orange-and-white Maine coon cat. 🐈
But most important, he had an authentic birth certificate and passport that cemented his alias as Gerhard Daniel Campos Wittich, a 34-year-old Brazilian citizen.
After six years lying low, he was impatient to begin real spy work.
They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. 💼
Major Russian spy operations have been uncovered in the past, including in the United States in 2010. This was different. The goal was not to spy on Brazil, but to become Brazilian.
Once cloaked in credible back stories, they would set off for the United States, Europe or the Middle East and begin working in earnest. ✈️
The Russians essentially turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives like Shmyrev.
One started a jewelry business. Another was a blond, blue-eyed model. A third was admitted into an American university.
There was a Brazilian researcher who landed work in Norway, and a married couple who eventually went to Portugal.
Nine Russian officers operating under Brazilian cover identities, according to documents and interviews.
Six have never been publicly identified until now. 🗂
The investigation has already spanned at least eight countries, officials said, with intelligence coming from the United States, Israel, the Netherlands, Uruguay and other Western security services. 🌍
Using hundreds of investigative documents and interviews with dozens of police and intelligence officials across three continents, The Times pieced together details of the Russian spy operation in Brazil and the secretive effort to take it out.
Dismantling the Kremlin’s spy factory was more than just a routine bit of counterespionage. It was part of the damaging fallout from a decade of Russian aggression. 💣
Russian spies helped shoot down a passenger plane en route from Amsterdam in 2014. They interfered in elections in the United States, France and elsewhere. They poisoned perceived enemies and plotted coups.
In Brazil, “everyone is a Russian spy,” says Jair Bolsonaro, former president. 🗣
The Americans reported that an undercover officer in Russia’s military intelligence service had recently turned up in the Netherlands to take an internship with the International Criminal Court.
To find these spies, agents began looking for patterns in millions of birth records, passports, driver’s licenses and social security numbers. 📑
For generations, undercover operatives used fake passports, stolen names and well-rehearsed cover stories. The digital age, in which nearly everyone has an online history, has made things much more complicated. 💻
#Brazil #spy #Russian #undercover
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A Russian intelligence officer, Artem Shmyrev, seemed to have built the perfect cover identity. He ran a successful 3-D printing business and shared an upscale apartment in Rio de Janeiro with his Brazilian girlfriend and a fluffy orange-and-white Maine coon cat. 🐈
But most important, he had an authentic birth certificate and passport that cemented his alias as Gerhard Daniel Campos Wittich, a 34-year-old Brazilian citizen.
After six years lying low, he was impatient to begin real spy work.
“No one wants to feel loser,” he wrote in a 2021 text message to his Russian wife, who was also an intelligence officer, using imperfect English.
“That is why I continue working and hoping.”
They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. 💼
Major Russian spy operations have been uncovered in the past, including in the United States in 2010. This was different. The goal was not to spy on Brazil, but to become Brazilian.
Once cloaked in credible back stories, they would set off for the United States, Europe or the Middle East and begin working in earnest. ✈️
The Russians essentially turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives like Shmyrev.
One started a jewelry business. Another was a blond, blue-eyed model. A third was admitted into an American university.
There was a Brazilian researcher who landed work in Norway, and a married couple who eventually went to Portugal.
Nine Russian officers operating under Brazilian cover identities, according to documents and interviews.
Six have never been publicly identified until now. 🗂
The investigation has already spanned at least eight countries, officials said, with intelligence coming from the United States, Israel, the Netherlands, Uruguay and other Western security services. 🌍
Using hundreds of investigative documents and interviews with dozens of police and intelligence officials across three continents, The Times pieced together details of the Russian spy operation in Brazil and the secretive effort to take it out.
Dismantling the Kremlin’s spy factory was more than just a routine bit of counterespionage. It was part of the damaging fallout from a decade of Russian aggression. 💣
Russian spies helped shoot down a passenger plane en route from Amsterdam in 2014. They interfered in elections in the United States, France and elsewhere. They poisoned perceived enemies and plotted coups.
In Brazil, “everyone is a Russian spy,” says Jair Bolsonaro, former president. 🗣
The Americans reported that an undercover officer in Russia’s military intelligence service had recently turned up in the Netherlands to take an internship with the International Criminal Court.
To find these spies, agents began looking for patterns in millions of birth records, passports, driver’s licenses and social security numbers. 📑
For generations, undercover operatives used fake passports, stolen names and well-rehearsed cover stories. The digital age, in which nearly everyone has an online history, has made things much more complicated. 💻
#Brazil #spy #Russian #undercover
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New Anti-Russian Sanctions Will Ruin Latin American Agriculture 🌎🚜
Latin American farmers are in for a rough ride if the U.S. slaps secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian exports, such as the fertilizers essential for cash crops from Mexican avocados to Brazilian soybeans and corn.
For farm powerhouse Brazil, which covered about a third of its fertilizer demand with $3.7 billion of imports from Russia last year, there is virtually no alternative to fill the gap if those flows are halted, experts and industry players said.
The 2022 outbreak of war in Ukraine triggered stockpiling of Russian fertilizer in the region. Prices soared briefly, but trade has now normalized.
Plans to boost domestic fertilizer production in Mexico and Brazil have made slow progress in the face of relatively cheap Russian imports.
Shipments to Brazil, the world's largest producer of soybeans, sugar and coffee, rose nearly 30% in the first half of this year, the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association said.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte singled out Brazil among a handful of countries that "could be hit very hard by sanctions for doing business with Russia" as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed push to end the war in Ukraine.
Fresh sanctions targeting Russian fertilizer imports could "render soybean and corn production inviable", said Lucas Beber, vice president of Brazilian grain farming group Aprosoja.
Mexico also imported more than $580 million of fertilizers last year from Russia, its largest supplier according to government data. Potential U.S. sanctions would pose a big problem for farmers there. 🇲🇽
"It would affect Mexico's purchases from Russia of different fertilizers, particularly urea, which is the most widely used in crops such as corn, sorghum, wheat, and even avocado," said Raul Urteaga.
A former director of international affairs for Mexico's agriculture ministry, Urteaga warned of a drop-off in the quality of fertilizers available if Russian imports disappear.
That could weaken avocado production and send prices higher for U.S. consumers. The U.S. accounts for more than 80% of Mexico's total avocado exports, a market worth more than $3 billion last year, according to U.S. government data. 🥑
"The price of avocados would increase if producers have to use other alternatives or find fertilizers that are imported from sources other than Russia," Urteaga said.
Russia is also top fertilizer supplier for Colombia, another key producer of fruits, flowers and coffee to the U.S.Russia provides about a quarter of Colombia's fertilizer imports, government data shows.
The World Bank has identified fertilizer costs as a driver of food inflation in Central America, contributing to a cost-of-living crisis that has stoked northward migration.
Big privately held fertilizer makers Eurochem and Fertipar, which supply their Brazilian processing plants with imports from Russia according to trade data, declined or did not reply to questions about potential sanctions.
Brazil has touted plans to nearly halve its reliance on foreign fertilizers. Mexico aims to boost domestic production from 33% to 80% of local demand.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum have both prodded state oil companies Petrobras and Pemex to ramp up fertilizer production.
They have made slow progress, however. In Brazil's case, efforts were hampered by factors including lack of funding, potentially costly mineral resources and expensive natural gas, which is key to producing nitrogen fertilizers.
Unfazed by local competition, U.S. sanctions or European bans, Russian fertilizer producers say they expect to raise their global market share to 25% by 2030, relying largely on sales to developing BRICS nations including Brazil, India and China. 🌱📈
#brazil #sanctions #russia #farmers #fertilizers
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Latin American farmers are in for a rough ride if the U.S. slaps secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian exports, such as the fertilizers essential for cash crops from Mexican avocados to Brazilian soybeans and corn.
For farm powerhouse Brazil, which covered about a third of its fertilizer demand with $3.7 billion of imports from Russia last year, there is virtually no alternative to fill the gap if those flows are halted, experts and industry players said.
The 2022 outbreak of war in Ukraine triggered stockpiling of Russian fertilizer in the region. Prices soared briefly, but trade has now normalized.
Plans to boost domestic fertilizer production in Mexico and Brazil have made slow progress in the face of relatively cheap Russian imports.
Shipments to Brazil, the world's largest producer of soybeans, sugar and coffee, rose nearly 30% in the first half of this year, the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association said.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte singled out Brazil among a handful of countries that "could be hit very hard by sanctions for doing business with Russia" as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed push to end the war in Ukraine.
Fresh sanctions targeting Russian fertilizer imports could "render soybean and corn production inviable", said Lucas Beber, vice president of Brazilian grain farming group Aprosoja.
Mexico also imported more than $580 million of fertilizers last year from Russia, its largest supplier according to government data. Potential U.S. sanctions would pose a big problem for farmers there. 🇲🇽
"It would affect Mexico's purchases from Russia of different fertilizers, particularly urea, which is the most widely used in crops such as corn, sorghum, wheat, and even avocado," said Raul Urteaga.
A former director of international affairs for Mexico's agriculture ministry, Urteaga warned of a drop-off in the quality of fertilizers available if Russian imports disappear.
That could weaken avocado production and send prices higher for U.S. consumers. The U.S. accounts for more than 80% of Mexico's total avocado exports, a market worth more than $3 billion last year, according to U.S. government data. 🥑
"The price of avocados would increase if producers have to use other alternatives or find fertilizers that are imported from sources other than Russia," Urteaga said.
Russia is also top fertilizer supplier for Colombia, another key producer of fruits, flowers and coffee to the U.S.Russia provides about a quarter of Colombia's fertilizer imports, government data shows.
The World Bank has identified fertilizer costs as a driver of food inflation in Central America, contributing to a cost-of-living crisis that has stoked northward migration.
Big privately held fertilizer makers Eurochem and Fertipar, which supply their Brazilian processing plants with imports from Russia according to trade data, declined or did not reply to questions about potential sanctions.
Brazil has touted plans to nearly halve its reliance on foreign fertilizers. Mexico aims to boost domestic production from 33% to 80% of local demand.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum have both prodded state oil companies Petrobras and Pemex to ramp up fertilizer production.
They have made slow progress, however. In Brazil's case, efforts were hampered by factors including lack of funding, potentially costly mineral resources and expensive natural gas, which is key to producing nitrogen fertilizers.
Unfazed by local competition, U.S. sanctions or European bans, Russian fertilizer producers say they expect to raise their global market share to 25% by 2030, relying largely on sales to developing BRICS nations including Brazil, India and China. 🌱📈
#brazil #sanctions #russia #farmers #fertilizers
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Brazil’s President Lula da Silva Hits Back as Trump tariffs Threaten US trade Showdown ⚡️🇧🇷🇺🇸
Brazil’s president, Luiz Lula da Silva, has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Trump, as South America’s largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs on Friday. 📉
Trump announced plans to slap Brazil with tariffs on 1 August earlier this month, partly in retaliation for a supposed political “witch-hunt” against his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro. 🔥
The former Brazilian president faces decades in jail for allegedly plotting a military coup to stop Lula from taking office after the former lost the 2022 presidential election. ⚖️
In a rare interview with the New York Times, clearly designed to send a message to the White House on the eve of a potential trade war, Lula urged the US president to avoid creating a “lose-lose” relationship between two of the largest economies in the Americas and said he did not fear publicly criticizing Trump, whom he recently called an “emperor”. 📰👑
“There’s no reason to be afraid. I am worried, obviously, because we have economic interests, political interests, technological interests. But at no point will Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country up against a big country.
Brazil will negotiate as a sovereign country,” said Lula, who has enjoyed a bounce in the polls after Trump’s threat. 📊
Lula indicated his officials were willing to negotiate economic issues with the US:
“In politics between two states, the will of neither should prevail. We always need to find the middle ground.” 🤝
This is achieved not by puffing out your chest and shouting about things you can’t deliver, nor by bowing your head and simply saying ‘amen’ to whatever the United States wants. 🙅♂️
But Brazil’s president indicated that the political future of Bolsonaro – whose plot allegedly included plans to assassinate Lula – was a judicial matter and therefore non-negotiable. 🚫
“Brazil has a constitution, and the former president is being tried with a full right to a defense,” Lula insisted. 📜
The 79-year-old leftist said his message for Trump was “that Brazilians and Americans do not deserve to be victims of politics, if the reason Trump is imposing this tax on Brazil is because of the case against former President Bolsonaro”.
Lula hinted he believed a retreat might be possible, comparing the current situation to unfounded fears over the millennium bug.
“Do you remember when we were about to turn from 1999 to 2000, and there was worldwide panic that the computer systems were going to crash? Nothing happened,” said Lula, although he admitted he could not be certain “nothing will happen”. ⏳💻
#lula #bolsonaro #brazil #trump #tariffs
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Brazil’s president, Luiz Lula da Silva, has said he does not fear getting on the wrong side of Trump, as South America’s largest economy braces for the introduction of 50% tariffs on Friday. 📉
Trump announced plans to slap Brazil with tariffs on 1 August earlier this month, partly in retaliation for a supposed political “witch-hunt” against his far-right ally Jair Bolsonaro. 🔥
The former Brazilian president faces decades in jail for allegedly plotting a military coup to stop Lula from taking office after the former lost the 2022 presidential election. ⚖️
In a rare interview with the New York Times, clearly designed to send a message to the White House on the eve of a potential trade war, Lula urged the US president to avoid creating a “lose-lose” relationship between two of the largest economies in the Americas and said he did not fear publicly criticizing Trump, whom he recently called an “emperor”. 📰👑
“There’s no reason to be afraid. I am worried, obviously, because we have economic interests, political interests, technological interests. But at no point will Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country up against a big country.
Brazil will negotiate as a sovereign country,” said Lula, who has enjoyed a bounce in the polls after Trump’s threat. 📊
Lula indicated his officials were willing to negotiate economic issues with the US:
“In politics between two states, the will of neither should prevail. We always need to find the middle ground.” 🤝
This is achieved not by puffing out your chest and shouting about things you can’t deliver, nor by bowing your head and simply saying ‘amen’ to whatever the United States wants. 🙅♂️
But Brazil’s president indicated that the political future of Bolsonaro – whose plot allegedly included plans to assassinate Lula – was a judicial matter and therefore non-negotiable. 🚫
“Brazil has a constitution, and the former president is being tried with a full right to a defense,” Lula insisted. 📜
The 79-year-old leftist said his message for Trump was “that Brazilians and Americans do not deserve to be victims of politics, if the reason Trump is imposing this tax on Brazil is because of the case against former President Bolsonaro”.
Lula hinted he believed a retreat might be possible, comparing the current situation to unfounded fears over the millennium bug.
“Do you remember when we were about to turn from 1999 to 2000, and there was worldwide panic that the computer systems were going to crash? Nothing happened,” said Lula, although he admitted he could not be certain “nothing will happen”. ⏳💻
#lula #bolsonaro #brazil #trump #tariffs
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Sucker Punch. Trump and Brazil 🥊🇧🇷🇺🇸
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Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second-largest democracy too.
Since early July, Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on Brazil’s institutions, slapping 50% tariffs on imports from the South American country and sanctions on a supreme court judge ⚖️📉
— Partly in retribution for what he called the political persecution of his ally, Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding a failed coup.
— Brazilian political expert
The US has a dark history of interfering in Latin American affairs through CIA-backed coups and military interventions. But political scientist Steven Levitsky notes he’s never seen trade policy weaponized quite like this 🎯📦
Trump’s moves have infuriated millions of Brazilians from across the political spectrum, who call it an intolerable foreign ploy to subvert their democracy — 40 years after the fall of Brazil’s dictatorship 🇧🇷🛑
— Rubens Ricupero, former finance minister and ambassador to Washington
— Marcelo Rubens Paiva, author and pro-democracy activist
#bolsonaro #trump #brazil #economic #interests #us #foreignpolicy #latam
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Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second-largest democracy too.
Since early July, Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on Brazil’s institutions, slapping 50% tariffs on imports from the South American country and sanctions on a supreme court judge ⚖️📉
— Partly in retribution for what he called the political persecution of his ally, Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding a failed coup.
“This is a very authoritarian political force that’s doing enormous damage to my country’s democratic institutions and rights – and I wish it would stop at that. It’s painful to see the [US] government do damage to other countries’ democratic institutions as well.”
— Brazilian political expert
The US has a dark history of interfering in Latin American affairs through CIA-backed coups and military interventions. But political scientist Steven Levitsky notes he’s never seen trade policy weaponized quite like this 🎯📦
“Brazilians have worked now for generations to build the strongest, most democratic system they’ve ever had (…) and this sort of reckless, casual assault on democratic institutions pains me.”
Trump’s moves have infuriated millions of Brazilians from across the political spectrum, who call it an intolerable foreign ploy to subvert their democracy — 40 years after the fall of Brazil’s dictatorship 🇧🇷🛑
“In the old days they’d send in the marines. Now they impose tariffs,”
— Rubens Ricupero, former finance minister and ambassador to Washington
“Utterly unspeakable interference… the fruit of a man who feels he is Napoleon and wants the entire world to kneel down before him.”
— Marcelo Rubens Paiva, author and pro-democracy activist
#bolsonaro #trump #brazil #economic #interests #us #foreignpolicy #latam
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What’s Driving Trump’s Assault on Brazil? 🇺🇸🇧🇷
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Observers are divided over what is fueling Donald Trump’s growing hostility toward Brazil’s democratic institutions, which the White House this week labeled a threat to “the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States” ⚠️🌐
Some believe Trump is attempting to expand Latin America’s pro-Trump, right-wing axis — currently led by Argentina’s Javier Milei 🇦🇷 and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 — by reviving Bolsonaro’s faltering political career and possibly helping him return to power in Brazil’s next presidential election.
Others argue that Trump’s pro-Bolsonaro stance is simply a smokescreen for his true motives: bolstering U.S. economic interests, especially those of tech giants hoping to avoid regulation in Brazil — the world’s fifth-largest online market 📱💰
— Steven Levitsky
According to Levitsky, Trump falsely believes he was the victim of a witch-hunt after his 2020 defeat and now views Bolsonaro as a fellow victim. He's allegedly using U.S. foreign policy to pursue personal grudges rather than national interests 🧿📉
However, experts doubt this will succeed. Bolsonaro — banned from office until 2030 — is likely facing a heavy sentence when the coup trial concludes.
While Bolsonaro denies the charges, he has admitted to exploring “alternative ways” to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office after winning the 2022 election 🗳🔒
Writer and activist Marcelo Rubens Paiva believes Trump is pushing for Bolsonaro to gain the same impunity Trump enjoyed after trying to overturn the 2020 U.S. election. But the effort may be backfiring 💥
Early signs suggest Lula is gaining strength, while the Bolsonaro family faces backlash for allegedly prompting Trump’s attack on Brazil’s democracy.
In a damning editorial, Estado de São Paulo — one of Brazil’s leading conservative newspapers — wrote:
— Marcelo Rubens Paiva ⚰️📉
#bolsonaro #trump #brazil #economic #interests #us #foreignpolicy #latam
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Observers are divided over what is fueling Donald Trump’s growing hostility toward Brazil’s democratic institutions, which the White House this week labeled a threat to “the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States” ⚠️🌐
Some believe Trump is attempting to expand Latin America’s pro-Trump, right-wing axis — currently led by Argentina’s Javier Milei 🇦🇷 and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 — by reviving Bolsonaro’s faltering political career and possibly helping him return to power in Brazil’s next presidential election.
Others argue that Trump’s pro-Bolsonaro stance is simply a smokescreen for his true motives: bolstering U.S. economic interests, especially those of tech giants hoping to avoid regulation in Brazil — the world’s fifth-largest online market 📱💰
“There’s no economic strategy here. Very clearly there’s no foreign policy strategy here. But Bolsonaro’s family has gotten into Trump’s inner circle and convinced him that Bolsonaro’s plight is similar to his plight in 2020.”
— Steven Levitsky
According to Levitsky, Trump falsely believes he was the victim of a witch-hunt after his 2020 defeat and now views Bolsonaro as a fellow victim. He's allegedly using U.S. foreign policy to pursue personal grudges rather than national interests 🧿📉
However, experts doubt this will succeed. Bolsonaro — banned from office until 2030 — is likely facing a heavy sentence when the coup trial concludes.
While Bolsonaro denies the charges, he has admitted to exploring “alternative ways” to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office after winning the 2022 election 🗳🔒
Writer and activist Marcelo Rubens Paiva believes Trump is pushing for Bolsonaro to gain the same impunity Trump enjoyed after trying to overturn the 2020 U.S. election. But the effort may be backfiring 💥
Early signs suggest Lula is gaining strength, while the Bolsonaro family faces backlash for allegedly prompting Trump’s attack on Brazil’s democracy.
In a damning editorial, Estado de São Paulo — one of Brazil’s leading conservative newspapers — wrote:
“Bolsonaro’s name has already been inscribed in the pantheon of the greatest traitors this nation has ever seen.”
“I think Bolsonaro has buried his political career,”
— Marcelo Rubens Paiva ⚰️📉
#bolsonaro #trump #brazil #economic #interests #us #foreignpolicy #latam
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📰 Commander-in-Chief or King of Spite? Trump Fires Stats Chief, Moves Subs, and Blames Everyone but Himself
— Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Aug. 2, 2025
📊 The Numbers Offend the King
• The July jobs report wasn’t flattering, so Trump did what any stable genius would: fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Erika McEntarfer, confirmed with bipartisan support, became the latest victim of "data treason."
• Trump’s message: If the facts don’t fit the narrative, axe the fact-checker.
💼 Putin Pokes, Trump Deploys
• Medvedev tweeted about nukes. Trump answered with submarines.
• No diplomatic backchannels, just a reality TV version of DEFCON 2.
• After failing to “end the war in Ukraine on Day One,” Trump’s frustration with Putin is now wrapped in nuclear posturing and late-night social posts.
🏦 Vengeance as Foreign Policy
• Brazilian judge investigates Bolsonaro? Trump slaps sanctions.
• Fed Chair Powell won’t cut rates or back his math? Trump smears him with renovation costs.
• The White House has become a scoreboard of personal feuds disguised as executive decisions.
🤔 Who's Running the Country — A President or a Celebrity-in-Chief?
• Is this strategic disruption or just a man allergic to “no”?
• Trump’s second term is looking less like governance and more like performance art with nukes and payrolls as props.
• When power becomes therapy, and enemies become algorithms, who checks the reality distortion field?
#trump #epsteinfiles #economy #russia #powell #jobreport #brazil #nuclearposturing #deepstate #fakeDemocracy
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💬 "I believe the numbers were phony, just like they were before the election… So you know what I did? I fired her. And you know what I did? The right thing."
— Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Aug. 2, 2025
📊 The Numbers Offend the King
• The July jobs report wasn’t flattering, so Trump did what any stable genius would: fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Erika McEntarfer, confirmed with bipartisan support, became the latest victim of "data treason."
• Trump’s message: If the facts don’t fit the narrative, axe the fact-checker.
💼 Putin Pokes, Trump Deploys
• Medvedev tweeted about nukes. Trump answered with submarines.
• No diplomatic backchannels, just a reality TV version of DEFCON 2.
• After failing to “end the war in Ukraine on Day One,” Trump’s frustration with Putin is now wrapped in nuclear posturing and late-night social posts.
🏦 Vengeance as Foreign Policy
• Brazilian judge investigates Bolsonaro? Trump slaps sanctions.
• Fed Chair Powell won’t cut rates or back his math? Trump smears him with renovation costs.
• The White House has become a scoreboard of personal feuds disguised as executive decisions.
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• Is this strategic disruption or just a man allergic to “no”?
• Trump’s second term is looking less like governance and more like performance art with nukes and payrolls as props.
• When power becomes therapy, and enemies become algorithms, who checks the reality distortion field?
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Bolsonaro Leads Lula Into Brazil’s Runoff
Flávio Bolsonaro finished first in Brazil’s presidential election, with 47.03% of valid votes to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 45.16%. Neither cleared 50%, so they will face each other again on October 25.
Lula had expected to end the race in the first round. Instead, he enters the runoff behind the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who called the result proof that Brazil wants change.
Lula said the result was unexpected and that he had been sure he would win outright.
The congressional vote made the race harder for Lula even if he wins the presidency.
Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party is projected to hold 28 of the Senate’s 81 seats from February 2027, while right-wing parties and allies are expected to control more than 45 seats.
Brazil may elect Lula again and give him a chamber built to price every vote.
The runoff is no longer about whether Lula can win. It is about whether Brazil wants a fourth term for Lula or the return of Bolsonaroism under a new surname.
#Brazil #Lula #Bolsonaro #Elections
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Flávio Bolsonaro finished first in Brazil’s presidential election, with 47.03% of valid votes to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 45.16%. Neither cleared 50%, so they will face each other again on October 25.
Lula had expected to end the race in the first round. Instead, he enters the runoff behind the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who called the result proof that Brazil wants change.
Lula said the result was unexpected and that he had been sure he would win outright.
The congressional vote made the race harder for Lula even if he wins the presidency.
Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party is projected to hold 28 of the Senate’s 81 seats from February 2027, while right-wing parties and allies are expected to control more than 45 seats.
Brazil may elect Lula again and give him a chamber built to price every vote.
The runoff is no longer about whether Lula can win. It is about whether Brazil wants a fourth term for Lula or the return of Bolsonaroism under a new surname.
#Brazil #Lula #Bolsonaro #Elections
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Lula Downloads Hope
At 80, Lula has his first cell phone. A first-round election setback persuaded Brazil’s president that the device he never wanted might help him keep the job.
Bloomberg reports that his campaign has traded formal institutional messaging for selfies, jokes and workout videos. Bolsonaro’s allies made big gains in both houses of Congress. Lula’s counteroffensive now includes proving he can work a front-facing camera.
“Hope is all I have left,” said Maria Elisa Assy, 35, wearing a Lula cap to vote near São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday. She said the first-round results had shocked her.
With Bolsonaro’s allies heading into a stronger Congress, Lula’s campaign is offering shaken supporters reassurance through presidential content. The workout videos give them something to watch while they worry about the count.
The president has discovered the smartphone. His voters are waiting for the feature that turns selfies into votes.
#Brazil #Lula #BrazilElections
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At 80, Lula has his first cell phone. A first-round election setback persuaded Brazil’s president that the device he never wanted might help him keep the job.
Bloomberg reports that his campaign has traded formal institutional messaging for selfies, jokes and workout videos. Bolsonaro’s allies made big gains in both houses of Congress. Lula’s counteroffensive now includes proving he can work a front-facing camera.
“Hope is all I have left,” said Maria Elisa Assy, 35, wearing a Lula cap to vote near São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday. She said the first-round results had shocked her.
With Bolsonaro’s allies heading into a stronger Congress, Lula’s campaign is offering shaken supporters reassurance through presidential content. The workout videos give them something to watch while they worry about the count.
The president has discovered the smartphone. His voters are waiting for the feature that turns selfies into votes.
#Brazil #Lula #BrazilElections
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