The uncanny similarity between Brazil’s failed insurrection and the attack on the US Capitol highlights the many parallels between Bolsonaro and Trump.

The devastation is already here and now; the longer we wait, the greater and sooner the future damage

With a sliver of sanity realising the urgent need for damage control, Brazilians have voted out their most dangerous populist leader.

Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner to unseat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential runoff this month, thanked Brazilian football legend Rai for backing him Monday at the Ballon d'Or awards.