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• Apocalypse in the Tropics review – how Brazilian politics succumbed to rightwing fundamentalism

  09-07-2025 14:00
  Petra Costa explains how screeching evangelical Christian leaders have become kingmakers to all politicians in a chilling documentary that shows democracy on the brinkPetra Costa’s documentary tells a grim story about modern Brazil and leaves it up to us to decide if there is a happy ending. It is about the country’s leaders’ addiction to rightwing Christian fundamentalism and US-style prayer breakfasts, a strident political mannerism linked to the fact that evangelical Christi
  
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• Why has Latin American shifted to the right? | Ernesto Samper Pizano

  09-07-2025 13:00
  A market-centered model and growing inequality led to rightwing ascendance. This moment calls for a new regional solidarityThe second world war ended with an agreement of coexistence that included the creation of the UN multilateral system and a development model that combined the state, the market and democracy as an arena for political dispute. In Latin America, this was reflected in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) model, which promoted protectionism and add
  
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• Parents rejoice as Home Office halts decision to send children back to Brazil

  09-07-2025 11:03
  Officials had sent letter warning Guilherme Serrano, 11, that staying in UK could lead to him being prosecutedUK politics live – latest updatesA family is celebrating after the Home Office has put a stop to its decision to send two young children back to Brazil while allowing their parents to remain in the UK.The Guardian previously reported on the case of Guilherme Serrano, 11, and his brother Luca, eight, who have spent most of their lives in the UK with their mother, Ana Luiza Cabral Go
  
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