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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has said he agrees that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February “would not have happened” if Donald Trump was still U.S. President.

The conservative administration in power in Brazil joined far-left Argentina and Mexico in declining to sign a statement against the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the Organization of American States (OAS) on Thursday.

The nations on the U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Thursday against discussing China’s ongoing genocide of Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic people in East Turkistan, a decision aided by the abstentions of nations such as Ukraine and Brazil.

Socialist ex-president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s team has launched a campaign insisting that the presidential frontrunner is a Christian and has not made any deals with Satan following the widespread sharing of social media videos appearing to show Satanists casting spells to win him this month’s election.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that his country would soon receive a shipment of 35 million liters (about 9.2 million gallons) of diesel fuel from Russia, one of several major purchases meant to keep fuel prices low.

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda newspaper lamented the results of the Brazilian presidential election on Monday, warning that conservative President Jair Bolsonaro significantly overperforming compared to national polls could lead to a “January 6”-style riot in Brasilia.

Members and allies of President Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party (PL) swept Congressional elections in Brazil on Sunday, sending multiple former members of the conservative president’s cabinet to the legislature and ensuring that, if re-elected, Bolsonaro will have strong support for his agenda from lawmakers.

Former President Donald Trump has called on Brazilian voters to re-elect President Jair Bolsonaro.

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia defended the referendums, claiming that more than 100 international observers from Italy, Germany, Venezuela, and Latvia who observed the voting recognized the outcomes as legitimate.

Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo made an appearance at a campaign rally for socialist ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil this week, urging Brazilians to vote for current President Jair Bolsonaro’s rival “for my children and your children.”

Multiple polls out of Brazil this weekend show socialist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a sizable lead against incumbent conservative Jair Bolsonaro, though not a big enough lead to deter a runoff vote.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday – as per tradition, the first by a head of state at the event – to celebrate the “full recovery” of his nation’s economy in the aftermath of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Conservative President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro addressed a crowd of countrymen assembled in London on Sunday offering the United Kingdom condolences on the death of Queen Elizabeth II and reiterating the values of “God, fatherland, family, and liberty.”

British media organizations confirmed on Wednesday that Venezuela would not receive a formal invite to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, shutting out socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and the rightful president of the country, Juan Guaidó.

The governments of Latin America offered solemn condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and the Royal Family over the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, paying their respects to Britain’s longest-ever reigning monarch.

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Edson Fachin granted three injunctions on Monday that suspend decrees by President Jair Bolsonaro making it easier to own firearms and ammunition, citing the risk of “political violence” as the country prepares for general elections in October.

The foreign ministry of Chile issued an outraged statement on Monday condemning conservative Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after the latter claimed during a presidential election debate the day before that leftist Chilean President Gabriel Boric had “set fire to the Metro,” a reference to riots that gripped the country in 2019.

Socialist former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently the frontrunner in the 2022 presidential race, disparaged his rival incumbent, President Jair Bolsonaro, as a “court jester” and promised “a little barbecue and beer” for all Brazilians if he returns to power.

Brazil received from Portugal the preserved heart of Dom Pedro I, a 19th-century Portuguese monarch who granted Brazil independence from Portugal in 1822, on Tuesday with honors reserved for a head of state to mark the nation’s 200th independence day, Reuters reported.

President Jair Bolsonaro sat down for a contentious 40-minute conversation with one of Brazil’s most prominent establishment news programs, TV Globo’s Jornal Nacional, on Monday, at one point having to urge host William Bonner to “calm down” as he was accused of trying to stage a coup.

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar blamed the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday for tensions on the nations’ mutual border that led to a military defeat for Beijing in 2020, claiming China has continued to lack “respect” for agreed-upon limits to mass troop movements in the region.

Brazil’s Federal Police requested authorization from the nation’s Federal Supreme Court this week to formally indict President Jair Bolsonaro with a Chinese coronavirus-related crime, accusing Bolsonaro of having disseminated false information about coronavirus vaccines and for discouraging the use of masks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attempted to convince Latin America to abandon what has for months been little more than apathy towards the Russian invasion of his country in a speech to Chilean college students this week.

Brazil officially opened its presidential election campaign season on Tuesday, sending the frontrunners – incumbent conservative President Jair Bolsonaro and socialist ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – to address large crowds of supporters and make their extremely different pitches on why they should run the country.

Step away from the monkeys and leave the embattled creatures alone. That is the strict order from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) in the wake of the global monkeypox outbreak.

Reuters reported Monday that Democrat lawmakers have stalled a $100-million sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Brazil over worries about Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s “Trump-like questioning of voting integrity ahead of Brazil’s Oct. 2 election.”

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday erupted in a Twitter rant against actor Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrity environmental activists after DiCaprio complained about Amazon deforestation growing worse during Bolsonaro’s administration.

A Brazilian investigative journalist group on Monday published documents that showed the “four most valuable companies in the world” – namely Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon – purchased gold illegally mined in the Amazon region for use in their electronic products.

Chinese investors are gobbling up homes, farms and other properties in the U.S., statistics in a real estate market report show

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro officially launched his re-election campaign in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday with a fiery speech condemning communism, “stay at home” Chinese coronavirus protocols, and his top rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he referred to as an “ex-convict drunkard.”

The government of Paraguay confirmed on Wednesday that it did not accept a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address Thursday’s Mercosur summit, a rare rejection of a head of state who has made video appearances at international events critical to war efforts against invading Russia.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told reporters on Thursday that he has figured out how to “resolve” the latest war between Russia and Ukraine, adding that he plans to share this insight with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week during a scheduled telephone meeting, Brazil’s Universo Online (UOL) media outlet reported.

President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay announced on Wednesday that his country would negotiate a free trade agreement with communist China despite the provisions of the country’s membership in the regional Mercosur trade bloc, which prevent any one country from doing so with non-member states.

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Thursday that it hopes to attract over $2.7 billion in foreign investments to develop its lithium industry by the end of this decade. Lithium is a vital component for batteries, including those employed by electric vehicles.

During an interview that aired on Thursday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro explained his view that while many South American countries were tightening gun restrictions, Brazil should mimic the United States and its gun rights preserved by the Second Amendment.

Even as the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to hand down its historic Dobbs decision on abortion law, Brazil was wrestling with a controversy revolving around an 11-year-old girl who was raped by a 13-year-old boy and sought an abortion.