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• Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic

  08-12-2025 18:42
  Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of cultureJair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president now in prison for plotting a coup, is getting the biopic treatment.Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, is reportedly filming a “heroic” portrait of the rightwing ex-politician in secret. Dark Horse, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written
  
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• US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser

  08-12-2025 13:39
  Brazil aide says Trump’s closure of Venezuelan airspace amounts to an ‘act of war’ that could escalateMaduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?A US invasion or attack on Venezuela could plunge South America into a Vietnam-style conflict, the chief foreign policy adviser to Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has warned.In an interview with the Guardian, Celso Amorim called Donald Trump’s recent dec
  
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• Baby review – an astute portrait of queer Brazilian hustlers lost in the system

  08-12-2025 12:00
  Abandoned by his parents and fresh out of juvenile prison, the wide-eyed Wellington meets a charismatic hustler on the restless streets of São PauloChannelling the urban restlessness and vibrancy of São Paulo, Marcelo Caetano’s bracing drama centres on those who live on the fringes of an ever-changing metropolis. Fresh out of juvenile prison, 18-year-old Wellington (João Pedro Mariano) finds himself at a crossroads; abandoned by his parents, the wide-eyed young man fin
  
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