2026 Brazilian presidential election
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Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro launch presidential campaigns in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed by a man while campaigning for the presidency in 2018, suffering internal bleeding and intestinal injuries
Flávio Bolsonaro vowed to fight crime and to remove left-wing "ideology" from Brazilian schools, saying every student has the right to dream of being Elon Musk someday
Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, said in a live broadcast that he had received 1,800 death threats, without offering evidence, and said he was wearing a bulletproof vest
“the only one who can sit with the United States, with China, with Israel, with the Middle East, with India and with Argentina to make the best and biggest trade deals for our nation.”
Colombia's new president takes office in Cali ceremony
De la Espriella won a close runoff election on June 21 against Sen. Iván Cepeda.
De la Espriella announced he will resume diplomatic relations with Israel.
De la Espriella has never held public office before.
“His rise to power will reinforce this rightward shift across much of Latin America and consolidate a regional bloc of conservative governments against a dwindling number of left-wing administrations,”