Lula and Xi in May, 2025 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Tings Chak On 25 October, Brazilians will return to the polls to choose between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in an attempted coup. The first round gave Flávio 47.03 per cent of valid votes against Lula’s 45.16 per cent, revealing the enduring strength of the far right four yea

Mass rally for Lula, October 9, 2026 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Urariano Mota These days in Brazil, our best efforts are focused on Lua’s reelection: it’s 13 or nothing! That “nothing” means a plunge into the depths of the abyss for the entire Brazilian people. This “nothing”—which is the far right, fascism—means the loss and destruction of historic achievements, the extermination of hope for all the people in the suburbs, the outskirts, the count

Flávio Bolsonaro on September 1, 2026 -- Agência Senado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad Brazil’s general election on 4 October delivered a severe warning to the Left. Flávio Bolsonaro, the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party (PL), finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with approximately 47 per cent against 45 per cent. Neither secured a majority, sending them into a runoff on 25 October. More troubling than this narrow presidenti

Amid an Adverse Overall Scenario, the PCdoB Grows in the Elections and Expands the Communist Presence in Parliament Lula on October 2 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Via the National Executive Commission of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) Dear comrades, The first round of Brazil’s general elections, held on October 4, took place in a complex political environment marked by a strong offensive from conservative and far-right forces. The presidential ra

Donald Trump and Flávio Bolsonaro in the White House's Oval Office, May 2026 -- public domain image By Miguel Enrique Stédile On the last Friday before the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections, the U.S. embassy and consulates in the country remained closed, following a generic order from the State Department regarding ‘security concerns.’ Elections in Brazil proceed peacefully; there are no civil conflicts or military threats, no records of political violence above

Lula on September 26, 2026 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Urariano Mota Almost no one realizes they are making history while they are living through it. That’s how it was, and that’s how it has been at decisive moments that change the world. It’s not even a matter of being aware that you’ve witnessed something never seen before. It’s more than a glimpse of what is to come. But it would be the awareness of living in the moment that will outlast his day

Cármen Lúcia in February, 2026 -- Supremo Tribunal Federal STF, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons By Urariano Mota At the Federal Supreme Court session on September 15, during the trial to discuss the report highlighting the relationship between former banker Daniel Vorcaro and Minister of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Justice Cármen Lúcia stated the following in her vote: “I find myself, as perhaps many of my colleagues do, in a state of deep distress and sadness. Today, on

Image via X By Vijay Prashad In Minaçu, in the northern part of the Brazilian state of Goiás, the landscape bears the scars of an earlier mineral rush. For decades, the town depended on the Cana Brava asbestos mine, whose prosperity was inseparable from lethal illnesses and a long history of environmental damage. Now Minaçu has been recruited into another promised future. At the Pela Ema mine, Serra Verde extracts rare-earth elements required for electric motors, wind turbine

By Urariano Mota On Thursday, August 27, during TV Globo’s attempt to “execute” President Lula, the first thing to note is the disparity between the President and his interrogators. On one side of the table sat the greatest president in Brazilian history, one of the foremost leaders of our time, respected around the world as a new Pelé—this time, a genius for his achievements and his fight against hunger. On the other side of the table were two interviewers—for lack of a bett

Editorial from the newspaper O Poder Popular (The People's Power) No. 107 (July 2026) We are living through moments of extreme concern in Latin America. The desperate tragedy resulting from the recent earthquake in Venezuela claimed the lives of more than 4,500 people and injured around 17,000, with the UN estimating that up to 50,000 individuals may be missing. The difficulties in confronting this grave problem are treated by the bourgeois mainstream media as being the exclu

ALL SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA AGAINST THE ATTACKS OF IMPERIALISM! Throughout its socialist existence, Cuba has been a bastion of fraternity and internationalist solidarity, with numerous records of sending (and hosting) teachers, health professionals, and other specialists to countless countries around the world, promoting actions and work in the fields of education, nursing, medicine, rescue services, and beyond. Cuba, as we know, has been a worldwide example, often voluntarily,

Attlee, Truman and Stalin at Potsdam, Germany, circa 28 July -- 1 August 1945 By Urariano Mota Historical records indicate that the Potsdam Conference took place in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), beginning on 17 July 1945. The participants were the victorious Allies of the Second World War, amongst whom Stalin stood out with the glorious Red Army. Now and always is the time to stand firm against all propaganda from capitalist countries: this overwhelming victory of the Red A

Donald Trump, Eduardo and Flávio Bolsonaro, and Paulo Figueiredo in the White House's Oval Office on May 2026 -- public domain image By Urariano Mota These days, Brazilian President Lula was precise and eloquent when referring to the MP on leave of absence, Eduardo Bolsonaro: “He is betraying the country. This is true betrayal of the homeland. He went to the United States to incite the Americans against us”. Indeed, there is a cynical betrayal in these new ‘Corporal Ansel

The administration of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has given rise to a proposal we might call the ‘Bukele Model,’ in which, on the surface, has managed to politically seduce large majorities in our region to the point of making them prefer extreme authoritarianism in exchange for supposed public safety. Thanks to effective propaganda, this model may establish itself as a regional phenomenon in a ‘Our America’ marked by structural violence, where the promise of immedia

Image via the PCB Build the anti-imperialist movement and advance the working class struggle! The Central Committee of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) assesses that the imperialist system, the more it intensifies its decline, the more it abuses violence and aggressiveness. What we are witnessing are not isolated incidents, but part of a global offensive by a decaying system that, through increased aggression and attacks, attempts to maintain its hegemony over the peoples.

Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Resisting Imperialism with Popular Organization Attack on Venezuela is a Threat to Latin America and Brazil Political Statement by the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the face of the criminal imperialist attack carried out by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and demands the freedom of Presiden

José Antonio Kast campaigning in Chile in October -- Equipo Kast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad The far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they always speak loudly and aggressively. Testosterone leaks from their pores, a toxic sweat that has spread across the region. It would be easy to say that this is the impact of Donald Trump’s own brand of neo-fascism, but this is not true. Th

Image via X Various Sources Trump ally former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested and placed in preventative detention on Saturday months after his conviction for attempting a coup, ahead of serving a 27-year prison sentence. Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to 27 years and three months in prison for orchestrating an attempted coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The Supreme Court convicted him of trying to undermine B

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Brazilian President Lula da Silva expressed opposition to growing US militarism in the hemisphere. Screenshot image via X By Ricardo Vaz, People's Dispatch Latin American and European nations issued a call for peace and dialogue following a high-level summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU). “We reiterate our opposition to the threat or use of force and to any action that is

Bolsonaro testifying during his trial -- image via news video screenshot Various Sources UPDATE: After the fourth of five judges of the...