By pressuring Mexico to halt oil shipments, Washington is escalating its blockade of Cuba into a direct bid for economic collapse and regime change, argues SEVIM DAGDELEN
THE news of Lula’s defeat of Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazil presidential election has broken through like a ray of light on the horizon, reminding us that the sun still shines despite the gloom and bringing hope, not just for the people and environment of Brazil, but for the rest of the world too.
Lula’s triumph at the polls is the world’s most significant election of 2022. On winning, Lula vowed to unify the country with a politics of peace, love and hope.
The election outcome is a powerful demonstration of the determination of progressive forces in Brazil to reclaim democracy against all odds. He is the first person to be democratically elected as president of Brazil three times.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
MARIA DUARTE recommends a chilling examination of the influence of Evangelical Christianity over the far right in Brazil



