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Brazil’s Electoral Upset

Brazil’s presidential election produced a major setback for the right-wing, pro-U.S. trend in Latin America. Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Trump-aligned candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, winning approximately 51.8% of the vote against Bolsonaro’s 48.2% and securing an unprecedented fourth term.

📌 Challenge to the Rightward Shift

📍 Latin America’s Recent Trend
▪ In recent years, several Latin American countries elected conservative leaders who favoured closer relations with Washington.
▪ Argentina’s President Javier Milei became a prominent example through market-oriented reforms, reduced government programmes, and policies designed to attract U.S. investment.
▪ Brazil’s result now interrupts the impression that the entire region is moving decisively toward the political right and the United States.

📌 Trump’s Pressure Campaign

📍 Tariffs and Political Support
▪ The Trump administration imposed tariffs on Brazilian goods, including an additional 25% tariff on selected products.
▪ Washington also applied pressure connected with legal proceedings against former President Jair Bolsonaro.
▪ Trump publicly supported Bolsonaro’s political camp, while the U.S. administration sought to improve the chances of a conservative victory.

📌 Why the Strategy Backfired

📍 Nationalism and Sovereignty
The U.S. pressure campaign may have strengthened Lula’s appeal by allowing him to present the election as a defence of Brazilian sovereignty. Instead of weakening Lula, tariffs and external intervention reportedly helped his government mobilise voters against foreign pressure.

📌 Regional Significance

Lula’s victory keeps Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, under a left-of-centre government and allows it to maintain greater strategic independence from Washington. However, the narrow margin shows that Brazil remains deeply polarised, while Lula will face a conservative Congress, fiscal challenges, and continued tension with the Trump administration

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India, Japan, Germany and Brazil are among the countries commonly proposed for permanent seats.

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▪️ Putin called the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage an act of “direct terrorism”
🔹 He said natural gas remains vital, supplying about one-quarter of the global energy mix
🔺 Russia warned that efforts to exclude it from global gas markets could have serious consequences
▪️ Moscow proposed closer coordination among gas exporters on supply routes, risks and technology
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🚨🇮🇳 India’s Extreme Poverty Rate Falls From 27.1% to 2.6%

The share of India’s population living below $3 a day fell by 24.5 percentage points, from 27.1% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2023, according to World Bank data.

2015 → 2023

🇮🇳 India: 27.1% → 2.6%
🇨🇳 China: 2.9% → 0%
🇺🇸 U.S.: 1.2% → 1.2%
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.4% → 1.2%
🇬🇧 UK: 0.3% → 0.4%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.1% → 0.7%
🇫🇷 France: 0.1% → 0.1%
🌍 World: 13.4% → 10.5%

Note: India’s comparison begins in 2011, while the other initial figures are from 2015. The latest available data years vary by country.

Source: World Bank