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- Brazil invites election observers on record scale as Bolsonaro stirs doubts, article with galleryAmericas ·
May 27, 2022 · 11:22 AM UTC · undefined agoBrazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers for its October election, according to electoral authorities and participating organizations, amid a polarized presidential race in which President Jair Bolsonaro has questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines.
- AmericasVideo of Brazilian man asphyxiated in police car sparks outrage
Viral videos of a 38-year-old Brazilian man being asphyxiated with gas in the trunk of police car after getting stopped by highway patrol caused outrage across Brazil on Thursday.
- AmericasColombia police kill accused top drug trafficker who escaped jail
Juan Larinson Castro, better known as Matamba, an accused top Colombian drug trafficker who escaped a maximum-security prison in the Andean country earlier this year, was killed in a police operation to try and recapture him on Thursday, the government said.