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Marcela Guimarães

October 12, 2022 19:37 AM

CAMPAIGN: Lula (PT) takes a walk in Morro do Alemão, in Rio de Janeiro – Bolsonaro stronghold – and promeadvances in the economy for the poor population. Wearing white and alongside Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD), the former president said he will create committees “so that the people of the favelas can help decide what the government will do”. (Folha de S.Paulo)
AGGRESSION: TV Globo affiliate team is harassed by Bolsonarists at the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora Aparecida. The station's reporter, Daniella Lopes, said that there was an attempted physical attack, prevented by a security guard who accompanied the group of supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). (UOL)
EDUCATION: Only 8 Brazilian universities are among the 62 best institutions in the world. The British consultancy Times Higher Education released the annual ranking based on indicators of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international reputation. USP remained the best placed in all of Latin America. (Stay)
WEAPONS: Uberlândia City Hall (MG) holds a weapons exhibition to celebrate Children’s Day. During the display of bombs and rifles from the Military Police and other police forces, a municipal employee who was organizing the fair was advertising for President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Mayor Elisa Araújo, from Solidariedade, supports Bolsonaro's re-election. (Metropolises)
HIM-HER-IT: The United Nations General Assembly condemned this Wednesday (12) Russia's “illegal annexation attempt” of four regions of Ukraine that were occupied by the Russians and called on all countries not to recognize the measure. Three quarters of the 193 members of the assembly voted in favor of the resolution, including Brazil. (G1)
SEXUAL VIOLENCE: Celebrities, including Xuxa, call for the revocation of Damares Alves' mandate, by the Federal District. On the networks, a petition seeks to revoke the former minister's mandate before she tome possession. Damares said he had evidence of a child trafficking network for sexual exploitation in the country, but did not present such evidence or say what measures had been taken in relation to the crimes. (Power 360)