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☆ Brazil Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Brazil’s federal police recommended that former President Jair Bolsonaro be criminally charged in connection with a scheme to falsify his Covid-19 vaccine card, in part to travel to the United States during the pandemic. If federal prosecutors decide to pursue the charges, it would be the first time the former president has faced criminal charges. This is a developing story.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro Locations: United States

☆ Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro and Allies of Attempted Coup
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil oversaw a broad conspiracy to hold on to power regardless of the results of the 2022 election, including personally editing a proposed order to arrest a Supreme Court justice and call new elections after he lost, according to new accusations by Brazilian federal police unveiled on Thursday. Mr. Bolsonaro and dozens of top aides, ministers and military leaders coordinated to undermine the Brazilian public’s faith in the election and set the stage for a potential coup, the federal police said. Their efforts included spreading information about voter fraud, drafting legal arguments for new elections, recruiting military personnel to support a coup, surveilling judges and encouraging and guiding protesters who eventually raided government buildings, police said. The explosive allegations were made in a 134-page court order that authorized a sweeping federal police operation on Thursday that targeted Mr. Bolsonaro and more than 45 of his political allies. The operation involved 33 search warrants and the arrests of four people, including two Army officers and two of Mr. Bolsonaro’s former top aides.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro’s Organizations: Army Locations: Brazil

Sebastián Piñera, a former president of Chile who helped strengthen the nation’s young democracy after becoming its first conservative leader since a military dictatorship, died in a helicopter crash in Chile on Tuesday, the government said. Three people survived and swam to shore, Ms. Toha said, but Mr. Piñera died and the Chilean Navy had recovered his body. It is unclear who was piloting the aircraft, but Mr. Piñera was known to fly his own helicopter. Mr. Piñera was a billionaire businessman and investor who served two terms as Chile’s president, from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. A conservative, Mr. Piñera ushered in pro-business policies that helped boost growth and make the nation of 19 million, in his words, “a true oasis” in Latin America.

Persons: Sebastián, Carolina Tohá, Toha, Piñera Organizations: Chilean Navy Locations: Chile, Ranco, Ríos, Latin America

Marcelo Capobianco was inspecting the calf carcass he had just hung from a hook in his small butcher shop outside Buenos Aires on Tuesday when he admitted that the premium-grade beef would hardly earn him anything. That’s because since his preferred candidate, Javier Milei, won Argentina’s presidency two days earlier, the cost of the meat had jumped by five percent, while the street value of the Argentine peso had fallen by 12 percent, hurting his customers’ purchasing power. Mr. Capobianco said that he had already raised prices so many times in recent months, he was reluctant to again pass the costs on to customers. “It’s already proving difficult to sell at these prices,” he said. Across his shop were signs of the spiraling economic crisis and 140 percent inflation that has convulsed Argentina and catapulted Mr. Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” libertarian who wants to replace the peso with the U.S. dollar, to Argentina’s highest office.

Persons: Marcelo Capobianco, Javier Milei, Capobianco, “ It’s, ”, Milei Organizations: Argentine, U.S . Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Javier Milei was first introduced to the Argentine public as a combative television personality with an unruly hairdo and a tendency to insult his critics. So when he entered Argentina’s presidential race last year, he was viewed by many as a sideshow. On Sunday, he was elected Argentina’s next president, and is now tasked with guiding one of Latin America’s largest economies out of one of its worst economic crises. Many Argentines awoke on Monday anxious, others hopeful, but just about everyone was uncertain about what lay ahead. Perhaps the only certainty about the country’s political and economic future was that, in three weeks, a far-right political outsider with little governing experience was set to take the reins of a government that he has vowed to upend.

Persons: Javier Milei, Argentina’s Organizations: Argentine

☆ Argentina Elects Javier Milei in Victory for Far Right
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Argentines on Sunday chose Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who has drawn comparisons to Donald J. Trump, as their next president, a lurch to the right for a nation struggling under an economic crisis and a sign of the enduring strength of the global far right. Mr. Milei, 53, an economist and former television personality, has burst onto the traditionally closed Argentine political scene with a brash style, an embrace of conspiracy theories and a series of extreme proposals that he says are needed to upend a broken economy and government. Sergio Massa, 51, Argentina’s center-left economy minister, conceded defeat even before official results were released because the campaigns’ early numbers showed he had been defeated. As president, Mr. Milei has pledged to slash spending and taxes, close Argentina’s central bank and replace the nation’s currency with the U.S. dollar. He has also proposed banning abortion, loosening regulations on guns and only considering countries who want to “fight against socialism” as Argentina’s allies, often naming the United States and Israel as examples.

Persons: Javier Milei, Donald J, Trump, Milei, Sergio Massa, ” Organizations: Sunday, Argentine, U.S . Locations: United States, Israel

☆ What to Know as Argentina Votes in a Pivotal Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For months, Argentina has been consumed by a single question. Mr. Milei, an economist and former television pundit, is facing off against Sergio Massa, Argentina’s center-left economy minister, in a runoff election. Mr. Massa led the election’s first round last month, with 37 percent to Mr. Milei’s 30 percent. The backdrop to the contest has been Argentina’s worst economic crisis in decades, with annual inflation surpassing 140 percent, behind only Lebanon and Venezuela globally. But the economic debate has been overshadowed by the rise of Mr. Milei, his eccentric personality and his radical ideas to remake the country.

Persons: Will Javier Milei —, Donald J, Trump, Milei, Sergio Massa, Mr, Massa Organizations: Argentine Locations: Argentina, Argentina’s, Lebanon, Venezuela

Donald J. Trump’s claims of election fraud already helped inspire one South American leader, former president Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, to sow doubt about the security of his nation’s elections, leading to a riot in Brazil’s capital this year. Now, 1,500 miles to the south, there is a new Latin American politician warning of voter fraud with scant evidence, undermining many of his supporters’ faith in their nation’s election this Sunday. Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian economist and television personality, is competing to become Argentina’s next president in a runoff election. On the campaign trail, he has embraced comparisons to Mr. Trump and Mr. Bolsonaro, and, like them, has repeatedly warned that if he loses, it may be because the election was stolen. Mr. Milei has claimed, without evidence, that stolen and damaged ballots cost him more than a million votes in a primary election in August, or as much as 5 percent of the total.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei, Argentina’s, Trump, Bolsonaro, Milei Locations: Brazil

There was one of Argentina’s presidential candidates, Sergio Massa, dressed in a shirt with what appeared to be military medals, pointing to a blue sky. “The image exudes authority and determination.”Javier Milei, the other candidate in Sunday’s runoff election, has struck back by sharing what appear to be A.I. images depicting Mr. Massa as a Chinese communist leader and himself as a cuddly cartoon lion. Argentina’s election has quickly become a testing ground for A.I. in campaigns, with the two candidates and their supporters employing the technology to doctor existing images and videos and create others from scratch.

Persons: Sergio Massa, —, “, Gustav Klutsis, masssa, ”, ” Javier Milei, Massa Locations: Buenos Aires

☆ Taylor Swift Takes Her Eras Tour Global, Shaking Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On May 31, Florencia Romeo slept in a tent outside Argentina’s largest stadium with her girlfriend and her sister. They had heard rumors that Taylor Swift might be coming to Buenos Aires, and they wanted to be first in line. The rumors were right: Ms. Swift was coming, but it would take a while. Her concert was more than five months away.

Persons: Florencia Romeo, Taylor Swift, Swift Locations: Buenos Aires, North America

Milei is in a weaker position than expected. Mr. Milei had entered Sunday as the clear favorite, with some in his campaign predicting that he could win the election outright in the first round. Mr. Milei has attracted a lot of attention for his promises to radically overhaul the Argentine government and economy with a plan to eliminate the nation’s central bank and replace its currency with the U.S. dollar. But analysts said that his brash political style, which had drawn comparisons to Mr. Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former right-wing president, likely turned away many centrist voters. “The supporters who made memes of him with Bolsonaro and Trump didn’t do him any favors,” said Brian Winter, a Latin American analyst and former journalist in Argentina.

Persons: Milei, Massa, Trump, Jair, Brazil’s, “, ”, Brian Winter Organizations: Argentine, U.S ., Bolsonaro, Trump Locations: Argentina

☆ Far-Right Candidate Heads to Runoff in Argentina Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“For Milei, this should be a shock,” said Ignacio Labaqui, an Argentine political analyst. Mr. Milei received nearly the same percentage of the vote as in the primary election, he said, while Mr. Massa’s support grew after a campaign focused on the dangers of a Milei presidency. “Massa has a very strong chance to become Argentina’s next president,” Mr. Labaqui added. Those plans have gained traction with millions of Argentines as the nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades. Mr. Milei has also attracted attention in Argentina and abroad for his bellicose political style that has drawn comparisons — which he has embraced — to Donald J. Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president.

Persons: ”, Ignacio Labaqui, Milei, “ Massa, Argentina’s, ” Mr, Labaqui, —, Donald J, Trump, Jair, Tucker Carlson Organizations: Argentine, U.S ., Fox News Locations: Argentine, Argentina

☆ Javier Milei, a ‘Mini-Trump,’ Could Be Argentina’s Next President
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He made his name disparaging people on television. Donald J. Trump, and his rise to the American presidency in 2016, shares some striking similarities with the man behind the moment unfolding in Argentina, the nation’s new political sensation, Javier Milei. Mr. Milei, a libertarian economist and television pundit, was once seen as a sideshow in Argentina’s presidential race, not taken seriously by the news media or his opponents. Mr. Milei, 52, has already upended the politics of this nation of 46 million. His pledges to eliminate Argentina’s central bank and ditch its currency for the U.S. dollar have dominated the national conversation, while also helping to fuel a further collapse in the value of the Argentine peso.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Javier Milei, Milei, — Organizations: U.S ., Argentine Locations: Argentina

☆ The 5 Clones in Argentina’s Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After finishing a surprising first in Argentina’s presidential primaries in August, Javier Milei grabbed a microphone in front of a raucous crowd and thanked Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert and Lucas. “My four-legged children.”Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian who is the favorite in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, would head to the country’s presidential offices, the Casa Rosada, not with a spouse and children, but with five mastiffs he has long called his children. Technically speaking, however, those five dogs are not traditional offspring of any animal. They are genetic copies of Mr. Milei’s former dog, also named Conan, and were created in a laboratory in upstate New York. Mr. Milei’s five cloned dogs have become objects of fascination in Argentina’s presidential election and a window into his unusual candidacy.

Persons: Javier Milei, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lucas, “, ” Mr, Milei, Milei’s Organizations: U.S . Locations: New York

Danelo Cavalcante, the Pennsylvania prison escapee, has now been roaming wooded areas and small suburban towns for nearly two weeks, presumably with no shelter and little to eat or drink, as he flees the hundreds of police officers desperately searching for him. Back home in rural Brazil, his mother, Iracema Cavalcante, sees a son whose life has trained him to live alone and overcome hardships, preparing him for his long flight from the authorities after being convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend. But Ms. Cavalcante, while saying her son stabbed his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania in 2021 and murdered a man in Brazil in 2017, insists her son, even if armed, “did not pose a threat to anyone.” He is just fighting to survive, she said, as he has for much of his life. “His training was his suffering,” said Ms. Cavalcante, in her first interview since her son escaped from prison last month. “It was going to sleep hungry, it was waking up as I wondered what to feed them.”

Persons: Danelo Cavalcante, Iracema Cavalcante, Cavalcante, “, ” Locations: Pennsylvania, Brazil

A lack of proof means that roughly a third of those groups remain unprotected, making expert trackers like Mr. Candor, who have learned how to find forest dwellers who don’t want to be found, critical to their survival. Mr. Candor’s family moved to the Amazon when he was 6. Three years later, Mr. Candor’s mother died. Soon, he stopped going to school and began learning how to survive in the wilderness.

Persons: I’m, ”, Rio Pardo, Candor, Candor’s Locations: Brazil

☆ Bolsonaro Lost the Election. Now He’s Trying to Avoid Arrest.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It has been a bad 10 months for Jair Bolsonaro. He lost re-election as Brazil’s president. Thousands of his supporters stormed Brazil’s halls of power. And he was blocked from holding elected office for seven years. Now things could soon get worse: Across Brazil, both his critics and supporters speculate that the next twist might be his arrest.

Persons: Jair, Bolsonaro Locations: Brazil, Philadelphia

The group of nations known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — represents 40 percent of the world’s population and a quarter of the world’s economy. Now it is considering expanding, in a push to be seen as a credible counterweight to Western-led forums like the G7 group of advanced nations. It comprises the world’s largest authoritarian state (China) and its largest democracy (India), economies big and small, and relations with the United States that run the gamut, from friend to foe. China, under Xi Jinping, wants to expand BRICS, seeing in it a platform to challenge American power. India, locked in a territorial dispute with China, is wary of Beijing’s dominance in the club.

Persons: Xi Jinping Organizations: South Africa — Locations: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Western, United States, Moscow, Ukraine

There was virtually nothing but rainforest for miles, and then the government agents spotted it: a makeshift shelter, the fire still smoldering. “He was just here,” said one of the agents, Jair Candor, crouching beneath the shelter in June as his partner snapped photographs. Candor had spent 35 years searching for a man who did not want to be found — and this time, he just missed him. That man, Tamandua Piripkura, has lived his life on the run. He has lived isolated, deep in the Amazon rainforest, his entire life, believed to be about 50 years.

Persons: ”, Jair, Candor, Tamandua Piripkura

A far-right libertarian candidate won Argentina’s open presidential primary election on Sunday, a surprising showing for a politician who wants to adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s official currency and embraces comparisons to Donald Trump. Javier Milei, 52, a congressman, economist and former television pundit, secured 30 percent of the vote with 96 percent of the ballots counted, making him the front-runner for the presidency in the fall general election. Polls had suggested that Mr. Milei’s support was at about 20 percent, and political analysts had predicted that his radical policy proposals — including abolishing the country’s central bank — would prevent him from attracting many more voters. But the vote on Sunday made clear that Mr. Milei now has a clear shot at leading Argentina, a South American nation of 46 million with some of the world’s largest reserves of oil, gas and lithium.

Persons: Donald Trump, Javier Milei, Milei Organizations: U.S, Sunday Locations: Argentina, American

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