Imprisoned ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has endorsed his eldest son’s presidential bid, teeing up a race against Lula.


Allison Griner is an editor for Al Jazeera and a freelance foreign correspondent from Jacksonville, Florida.
Imprisoned ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has endorsed his eldest son’s presidential bid, teeing up a race against Lula.

The new Texas map, backed by Donald Trump, has sparked similar efforts for partisan redistricting across the US.

Electrical failures due to ageing infrastructure, hurricanes and a struggling economy have prompted widespread protests.
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The threat comes as the federal government seeks to enforce a demand that states turn over data about SNAP recipients.

Cossette Lopez-Osorio, a member of the right-wing National Party, denounced her left-wing colleague Marlon Ochoa.

Donald Trump is planning an ‘enlarged and rebuilt’ Alcatraz prison. But Indigenous activists fear for their ceremonies.

The US president has repeatedly accused South Africa of perpetrating human rights abuses against white Afrikaners.

Homeland Security Secretary Noem determines it is safe for Haitians to return home, despite widespread gang violence.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has explained it was ‘unable to retroactively collect’ the data on consumer prices.

The US president forcefully denounced Democratic lawmakers for calling on the military to reject any ‘illegal orders’.
