“Thousands of people are expected to hold a demonstration in London on Saturday, demanding an immediate general election, as well as action to combat the worsening cost of living crisis,” The Guardian reports.
Kirchner May Run Again in Argentina
“Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called for a political ‘reorganization,’ on Friday, hinting at the possibility of a presidential run next year as speculation builds about her candidacy,” Bloomberg reports.
“Kirchner, considered by many the most powerful leader in her ruling coalition, didn’t explicitly speak of running. But she told an arena full of union workers that ‘we were happy people’ in December 2015 when her two-term presidency ended.”
Said Kirchner: “I’m going to do whatever I have to do so that our people, our society, can reorganize ourselves in a direction for the country that recovers the hope, strength and happiness of our people.”
Israel Votes for 5th Time Since 2019
“As Israelis vote on Tuesday in their fifth parliamentary election in less than four years, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to return to power, but polls are predicting another deadlock,” the New York Times reports.
“Once again, voters are choosing between a right-wing bloc led by Mr. Netanyahu, who is currently the opposition leader, and the governing alliance of right-wing, left-wing and centrist parties that share little beyond their opposition to the former prime minister.”
Bolsonaro Remains Silent After Defeat
“In the tightest presidential election in Brazilian history, following a bitterly fought campaign that deepened divisions in Latin America’s largest nation, President Jair Bolsonaro has remained out of public view since 8 p.m. Sunday, when the Superior Electoral Court declared Lula the winner of the second and final round.” the Washington Post reports.
“Bolsonaro, a close ally of former president Donald Trump, known for his fiery rhetoric and incendiary missives on social media, has opted for a response that for him has been extremely uncommon: silence.”
However, the Times of London reports Bolsonaro “appeared ready last night to concede” and “told his cabinet that he did not plan to challenge the result of the election but nor did he plan to congratulate the winner.”
Netanyahu on the Brink of Returning to Power
“Sixteen months after Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, was turfed out of office by an unwieldy coalition led by a former aide, he is on the brink of returning to power,” The Economist reports.
Bolsonaro Has Not Yet Conceded
“Brazilian leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election, but the far right incumbent did not concede defeat on Sunday night, raising concerns that he might contest the result,” Reuters reports.
Said Lula: “So far, Bolsonaro has not called me to recognize my victory, and I don’t know if he will call or if he will recognize my victory.”
Biden Congratulates Lula on Election Victory
President Biden congratulated Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his victory on Sunday in “free, fair and credible elections,” and said he looks forward to continued cooperation between the countries, Reuters reports.
New York Times: Bolsonaro lost. Will he accept the results?
Lula Ousts Bolsonarro in Brazil in Stunning Comeback
“Brazil’s leftist former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the country’s closest presidential race in history Sunday, cementing Latin America’s shift to the left and marking an extraordinary comeback for a man who was in jail for corruption three years ago,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
New York Times: “The victory completes a stunning political revival for Mr. da Silva — from the presidency to prison and back — that had once seemed unthinkable.”
“It also ends Mr. Bolsonaro’s turbulent time as the region’s most powerful leader. For years, he attracted global attention for policies that accelerated the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and exacerbated the pandemic, which left nearly 700,000 dead in Brazil, while also becoming a major international figure of the far right for his brash attacks on the left, the media and Brazil’s democratic institutions.”
Brazil Heads to the Polls
“Brazilians cast their ballots Sunday in what political scientists see as the country’s most consequential election in decades—a choice between President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that will have widespread implications for Latin America’s biggest economy and the Amazon rainforest,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
New York Times: “The choice for Brazilians is whether to give President Jair Bolsonaro a second term, emboldening and empowering him to carry out a far-right mandate for the nation, or whether to bring back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and return Brazil to a leftist track.”
“Yet the stakes are far higher than simply a contest between the left and the right.”
How Team Biden Tried to Coup-Proof Brazil’s Elections
“Top officials from the White House, Defense Department, State Department, and even the CIA have held meetings and calls with Brazilian officials to try to head off any efforts by Bolsonaro to subvert the results of the country’s heated presidential elections,” Foreign Policy reports.
Brazil’s Election Is Tight
The Economist: “Polls underestimated support for Mr Bolsonaro in the first round. All now suggest that the result will be close… However, one of two maxims about Brazilian elections is bound to be upturned. Since the country’s return to democracy in 1985, the candidate who was ahead in the first round of the election has always gone on to win the run-off. But a sitting president has never lost.”
Brazil’s Election Draws to a Close
“As one of Brazil’s most bitterly fought election campaigns draws to a close, far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and his challenger, veteran leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, agree on one thing: the future of one of the world’s largest democracies is at stake,” the Financial Times reports.
“Lula, who was president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, leads a broad coalition of the centre and left that has united behind the idea that a second term for Bolsonaro would do irreversible damage to the country’s institutions and spur a slide towards strongman rule. For Bolsonaro and his conservative supporters in agribusiness, the evangelical churches and the army and police, a Lula victory would set Brazil on the path towards the style of socialism in Cuba or Venezuela and erode traditional values.”
“The result of Sunday’s vote hangs on a knife’s edge after a campaign marred by mudslinging and political violence. Polls suggest Lula has a narrow lead, but such surveys had underestimated Bolsonaro’s support in a first-round vote earlier this month.”
Bolsonaro’s Cash Injection Gives Him Boost
“A wave of new government spending by President Jair Bolsonaro may be giving him a boost in the final stretch of a close reelection campaign, opinion polling shows, in a dangerous precedent for electoral law,” Reuters reports.
Boris Johnson May Run Again for British Prime Minister
“Boris Johnson is considering running again to be UK prime minister after Liz Truss’s dramatic resignation, with rightwing Conservative MPs and party donors already backing his nascent campaign,” The Guardian reports.
CNN: “Multiple allies have made the case that Johnson could be a unity candidate who could bring stability to the country, despite being forced to quit in July after a series of scandals made his position untenable.”
Bolsonaro and Lula Court the Evangelical Vote
“Less than two weeks ahead of Brazil’s presidential election, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are battling to portray themselves as closest to one particularly influential figure: God,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Brazil’s rapidly growing evangelical Christian movement, which accounts for a third of its population, has emerged as a driving force in the race, helping to elect scores of conservative candidates in the first round of voting in concurrent legislative and state elections earlier this month.”
Lula’s Lead Over Bolsonaro Narrows in Brazil
Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over President Jair Bolsonaro has shrunk to 5 percentage points ahead of a runoff vote set for Oct. 30, Reuters reports.
Tories Would Welcome Back Boris Johnson
A new YouGov poll finds a majority of Conservative party members — 63% — think former British prime minister Boris Johnson would be a good replacement for current prime minister Liz Truss — with 32% putting him as their top candidate, followed by Rishi Sunak at 23%.
Labour Opens Up Huge Lead in Britain
A new Redfield & Wilton poll in Great Britain finds the Labour Party leading the Tories by 36 percentage points, 56% to 20%.
And this is stunning: British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a net approval rating of -61%.
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