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US, Brazil Deliver Double Blow to the Populist Right. Will Europe Feel the Hit?

In the space of roughly 10 days, the two largest democracies in the Americas delivered setbacks to the populist right. In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a narrow but remarkable comeback, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a run-off election after trailing in the first round. This week, American voters handed control of both chambers of the US Congress to Democrats in a sharp rebuke of candidates …

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The historic victory of “Lula da Silva” in the presidential elections in Brazil, encourages and gives new “hopes” for the future, in view of the upcoming electoral dates, on 29 November and perhaps next May, and I say all this because: with surveys totally against, the metalworkers, with the strength of their nine fingers (as their rival the ultra-right Flavio Bolsonaro treats them derogatoryly) The right and the ultra-right are “frotting” alrea…

·Bilbao, Spain
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In 10 days, the elections in Brazil, Israel and the United States ended with defeats for ultra-right leaders. Brazil was the only Latin American country that resisted the wave of ultra-right, with a surprising victory by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu lost the majority in Parliament; and Donald Trump suffered a defeat in the mid-term elections, in which he lost control of both chambers of Congress. We analyzed the issue…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Mile closes eleven days with decisive defeats for her strategic allies. Between the fall of Flávio Bolsonaro, Trump’s setback and Peña’s departure, Country Risk reached its highest level in more than a year. Casa Rosada reviews how to face 2027, with the debate over the economic direction, Bullrich’s claims and the agreements with the governors and the PASOs still unsolved

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The right wing is going through one of its most complicated political moments on the continent. Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat in Brazil’s presidential elections, the Republican Party’s electoral setback in the United States and the financial and political crisis that has put Paraguayan President Santiago Peña in check, have marked a week of strong [...]

Trump's electoral defeat, shortly after Bolsonaro's defeat in Brazil and Netanyahu's defeat in Israel, is fundamental to the anti-fascist struggle around the world Article Three Elections and a Hit for the Ultra Right was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, Voices and News from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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