Bolsonaro tested Brazil’s democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in | CNN Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles ti...

Brazil held the line against Bolsonaro — but not before he pushed its institutions to the brink.

The Supreme Court stepped in where other institutions failed, exposing strengths and deep vulnerabilities.

My new piece for @cnn.com:

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What the U.S. Can Learn from Bolsonaro’s Coup Conviction | KQED We look at the parallels between former President Jair Bolsonaro and Trump, and what the U.S. can learn from Brazil’s effort to hold its leaders accountable and defend its democracy.

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Brazil Keeps Telling Trump to Get Lost Latin America’s largest nation is shaping up as a test case on how to defy President Trump.

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Who are the people protesting in Los Angeles? | CNN Estrellazul Corral joined protests outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center every day this weekend to demand justice for the dozens of migrants detained by armed ICE agents in armored veh...

"Clutching signs with photos of their relatives, they each approached the microphone and asked for their loved one’s rights and due process to be respected." @chelseabailey.bsky.social
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Today I talked with @juliavargasjones.bsky.social for @cnn.com about the bomb plot in Lady Gaga”s concert in Brazil.

Day 5 of the Palisades Fire, seen from Mandeville Canyon area of Los Angeles.

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Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is caught in a battle between church and state | CNN Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, the Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio de Janeiro but for the entire country. But now, its management and future a...

On this Christmas Day, a story about a battle for Christ himself — or, well, an iconic statue of Christ.

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South America’s most dangerous gang invades the Amazon forest The PCC is taking over illegal gold mining in the Amazon and corrupting Indigenous cultures in a spiral of violence in some of Brazil’s most remote regions.

Organized crime meets environmental collapse: gangsters, assault rifles, and sex workers are making their way deeper into the Amazon, reshaping the region at an enormous human and ecological cost.

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"This new restriction, which appears to apply only to matters involving Trump and not to other officials or issues, has effectively killed or indefinitely delayed multiple editorials that have been written and edited but remain unpublished," the memo from Opinion staffers said.

Canadian official threatens to cut off energy to US if Trump imposes tariffs | CNN Business After meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other top Canadian officials, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, threatened to cut off energy to parts of the United States if President-elect Dona...

Canadians saying "we need to be ready to fight" if Trump imposes tariffs www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/b...

Far-Right Militias Seek Role in Trump Deportation Plan The incoming administration said it would not rely on outside groups to carry out its plan to deport millions of immigrants, but militias have a long record of inserting themselves into patrolling the...

Far-right militias are trying to insert themselves into the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations.

Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told @Reuters reut.rs/4iC3xB2 1/8

Mysterious illness kills dozens in Congo as situation 'extremely worrying' A mysterious disease has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities have said. The illness is believed to have killed between 67 and 143 people, in the Panzi healt...

Not now, extremely worrying mystery illness in Congo.

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Mark Zuckerberg is at Mar-a-Lago presumably meeting with President-elect Trump.

Per Politico.

If you are wondering how a Trump presidency could help Brazil's Bolsonaro, this is how, according to @casaroes.bsky.social www.americasquarterly.org/article/bols...

But bc the Court and its justices have been the target of attacks (Jan 8, bombings, death threats), an interesting situation emerges where the presiding justice of these cases is also a victim himself 🤔

Is Elon Musk’s Brazilian Nemesis Saving Democracy or Hurting It? Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat.

I won't get too in the weeds about it I promise but ... The Supreme Court in Brazil has gone above and beyond to, they say, protect democracy in recent years and it's led to a great expansion of their powers - @jacknicas.bsky.social explained it well here www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/w...

In Brazil, the US election is inspiring hard-right ‘Trump of the tropics’ supporters to ‘complete our mission’ | CNN In many ways, nowhere has Trump’s political strategy been more rigorously mirrored than here.

Interesting timing on this bc just a couple weeks ago the entire Bolsonaro base was celebrating the results of the US election as if it were a harbinger of their own victory.
"As goes the United States, so goes Brazil" they said - except two very diff judiciaries.

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Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro indicted over alleged knowledge of coup plot | CNN Federal police accused Bolsonaro of “full knowledge” of a 2022 plot to kill his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and overturn the results of the presidential election.

🚨 Brazil's federal police indict former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for allegedly plotting a coup d'état and to assassinate Lula and his VP after the 2022 elections. Police say Bolsonaro had "full knowledge" of the scheme www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/a...

JUST IN: Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted over alleged knowledge of a coup plot to kill his successor and overturn the election results. cnn.it/48ZpAgA