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What the U.S. Can Learn from Bolsonaro’s Coup Conviction
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September 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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We're talking to @juliavargasjones.bsky.social, @julianadalpiva.bsky.social and @jacknicas.bsky.social about what the U.S. can learn from Brazil’s effort to hold its leaders accountable.

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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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September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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@juliavargasjones.bsky.social, @julianadalpiva.bsky.social and @jacknicas.bsky.social join to talk about what the U.S. can learn from Brazil’s effort to hold its leaders accountable.

❓ Are you part of the Brazilian diaspora? What are your thoughts on what’s happening in Brazil?
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.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"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
@juliavargasjones.bsky.social @kyunglahcnn.bsky.social
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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...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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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.
May 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Day 5 of the Palisades Fire, seen from Mandeville Canyon area of Los Angeles.

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January 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On this Christmas Day, a story about a battle for Christ himself — or, well, an iconic statue of Christ.

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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...
www.cnn.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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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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.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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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.
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has banned “editorials containing criticism of the president-elect unless they are presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the 'opposing view,’” according to a staff memo obtained by @oliverdarcy.bsky.social.
Meddling for MAGA
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
www.status.news
December 17, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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Far-right militias are trying to insert themselves into the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations.
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...
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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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
December 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg is at Mar-a-Lago presumably meeting with President-elect Trump.

Per Politico.
November 27, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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...
November 27, 2024 at 11:05 PM
🚨 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...
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.
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November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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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
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM