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The Brazilian left is mobilizing in the streets in support of Lula, who is looking to recover in the polls ahead of the second round of the presidential elections against Flávio Bolsonaro, after a surprising second place in the first round. #Lula2026 #Manifestación #Democracia (translated)

I decided to give Flávio Bolsonaro a vote of confidence, who is seeking a first term and then promises to put an end to reelection. But I want to make it clear that this is not a blank check, it is a commitment to myself and to Brazil. I and the entire Brazilian people will hold him accountable. The writer Cury, who during the campaign said "my mind is capitalist, but my heart is social," explained with these words his support for presidential candidate Bolsonaro: "I decided to give Flávio Bolsonaro a vote of confidence, who is seeking a first term and then promises to put an end to reelection. But I want to make it clear that this is not a blank check, it is a commitment to myself and to Brazil. I and the entire Brazilian people will hold him accountable," he declared. #EleccionesBrasil #Bolsonaro #Lula (translated)

Senator Enrique Gómez summarized the claims that, according to him, Eva Ferrer had made in an interview. He pointed out that Ferrer accused Verónica Alcocer of leading a network for trafficking drugs, weapons, and dollars that cooperated with the so-called "Italians" of Enrico Romagnoli, and of transporting 2.5 million dollars from Venezuela on an official plane. According to Gómez's summary, Ferrer asserted that Petro had benefited from that network through electoral support and logistics to organize demonstrations. He also mentioned the involvement of Manel Grau, Agmeth Escaf, Carolina Plata, and Mario Fernández Alcocer, cousin of Verónica Alcocer. Gómez added that Ferrer had spoken about the management of a supposed contribution of 50,000 euros from Papá Pitufo to Petro's presidential campaign in 2022, which Xavier Vendrell would have participated in. He claimed that the prosecutor in charge of the case had already indicated that there was interference from Petro's Government in favor of Papá Pitufo. He also noted that Ferrer mentioned the management of a contribution of at least 250,000 euros from Euclides Torres to the 2022 campaign. In the end, Gómez wondered if Petro had been, as Ferrer suggested, a puppet of Verónica Alcocer or if he was the head of the criminal gang. #Colombia #Política #Corrupción (translated)

The newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that emails obtained by the Federal Police indicated that senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) shared a bank account at Santander with lawyer and businessman Willer Tomaz, who is suspected of being involved in a money laundering scheme linked to frauds in the INSS. According to the newspaper, both denied the allegations. The information was initially revealed by UOL and was confirmed by Folha. #Política #Corrupção #Brasil (translated)

The independent medium informed that the senator from Piauí, Ciro Nogueira, predicted that Flávio would exceed 30% of the votes in the state, which he described as the most left-leaning in Brazil. According to the publication, Nogueira promised total dedication to the presidential campaign and stated that Flávio had already surpassed, in the first round, the votes obtained by his father in Piauí. https://t.co/aYPyQbtw3L #Piauí #Eleições2024 #Política (translated)

Tsuki found it "sensational" that the magazine Veja had directly accused Lula's campaign of spreading false news against the publication. He then summarized the arguments from a response by the magazine regarding its report about Vorcaro. According to the text from Veja reproduced by Tsuki, Vorcaro's lawyer would have confirmed the authenticity of the audio, and the magazine stated that it removed five short statements — 15 seconds in total — to protect the source. The publication also clarified that it did not say that the audio was included in the plea bargain nor that the confession was made to the Federal Police. Regarding the PGR, the magazine claimed that Vorcaro, through his lawyers, presented an account regarding the funding of a documentary about Lula and promised to deliver documents if the plea bargain was accepted, which did not happen. Tsuki also stated that some outlets were using "jurists" in their headlines to conceal, according to his assessment, that the coordination of Lula's presidential campaign was spreading false news against Veja's cover story. #PolíticaBR #FakeNews #Eleições2022 (translated)

María Fernanda Cabal described the allegations made by Eva Ferrer published in Semana as very serious. According to Cabal, these pointed to Verónica Alcocer as the head of an organization that allegedly transferred millions of dollars and drugs from Venezuela in the presidential plane, allocated money to campaigns of cousins, and was involved in disputes over those funds. Cabal stated that Petro's circle was organized crime and questioned whether the morality they preached consisted of enriching themselves with money from drug traffickers. #Colombia #corrupción #narco (translated)

The Palestinian president, Mahmud Abbas, issued a decree on Saturday canceling the legislative elections scheduled for November 28, 2026, and set the date for presidential and legislative elections for September 11, 2027, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. #EleccionesPalestinas #MahmudAbbas #Gaza (translated)

Mahmud Abbas has decided to postpone the Palestinian legislative elections scheduled for November 2026 and set the general presidential and legislative elections for September 11, 2027, due to the difficult political, security, and economic conditions in the Palestinian territories. #EleccionesPalestinas #MahmudAbbas #Gaza (translated)

In February 2025, Trump signed a presidential decree that paved the way for the imposition of sanctions against those responsible at the ICC who participated in investigations or proceedings against American citizens or citizens of allied countries, explicitly mentioning the arrest warrants issued in November 2024 against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant. #Japão #TPI #Justiça (translated)

María Corina Machado acknowledged her differences with Donald Trump regarding the political transition in Venezuela and proposed to hold presidential elections on July 24, 2027, also demanding transparency in the management of Venezuelan oil revenues by the United States. #MaríaCorinaMachado #Venezuela #Elecciones2027 (translated)

"Brazil needs to learn to coexist with itself, respect its differences, and protect its institutions." The Brazilian presidential candidate Augusto Cury, defeated in the first round after finishing third, announced this Thursday his support for Flávio Bolsonaro in the second round against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. #EleccionesBrasil #FlávioBolsonaro #LulaDaSilva (translated)

Even after the clear message of enough given by the ballot boxes, Alexandre de Moraes once again stirs up the country with an arbitrary, untimely, and ineffectual decision, since the United States has already made it clear that they do not comply with delusional decisions of this nature. In a statement to the press, Eduardo linked the decision to the result of the first round of the elections, which shows his older brother, the presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from PL, with 2.2 million more votes than Lula da Silva. #EduardoBolsonaro #STF #EleiçõesBrasileiras (translated)