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Elecciones en Brasil: a sus 80 años, Lula quiere conservar el poder en el último gran bastión de la izquierda en la región
A los 80 años, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva buscará este domingo su cuarto mandato presidencial y conservar para la izquierda combativa su último gran bastión sudamericano en unas de las elecciones más reñidas de la historia de Brasil.
En frente tendrá al senador Flávio Bolsonaro, candidato de la derecha dura y heredero del clan familiar liderado por su padre, el encarcelado exmandatario Jair Bolsonaro, condenado a 27 años de prisión por golpismo.
Amado y odiado por simpatizantes y adversarios, el incombustible dirigente obrero de origen humilde, el más viejo en ejercer la presidencia en su país, buscará gobernar hasta 2031, cuando cumpliría 84 años.
Los sondeos vaticinan para el domingo una hipotética victoria de Lula, pero insuficiente para ser electo en el primer turno. Se necesita el 50% más uno de los votos para ganar los comicios. En un eventual balotaje, previsto para el 25 de octubre, los sondeos prevén un empate técnico.
Lula se aferra al último bastión contra el avance de la derecha en la región
Desde su arco ideológico, Lula tiene la difícil misión de ponerle un freno al avance de la “marea azul” de la derecha más dura en la región. Solo Uruguay, con el más moderado presidente Yamandú Orsi, secunda al mandatario brasileño en el ala izquierda regional, pero con otro perfil y sin el mismo peso político en el escenario internacional.
El resto, con Javier Milei a la cabeza y el colombiano Abelardo De la Espriella como último invitado, se ha alineado sin fisuras en los últimos dos años detrás del gobierno de Donald Trump, que busca ahora destronar a la izquierda de su último gran bastión de Sudamérica.
Lula es la frutilla del postre en la estrategia de la “Doctrina Donroe” que reinterpreta la histórica Doctrina Monroe bajo el avasallante y contradictorio estilo del magnate norteamericano para completar el dominio ideológico de Washington y frenar el avance de China en el área.
De ganar Bolsonaro, Brasil se sumaría al “Escudo de las Américas” impulsado por la Casa Blanca para coordinar esfuerzos militares y de inteligencia contra las organizaciones “narcoterroristas”
Trump ha hecho de todo para oradar la popularidad de Lula, cuya imagen negativa se ubica en alrededor del 50% según varios sondeos. El presidente estadounidense no solo lo ha cuestionado ideológicamente. También ha aprobado pesados aranceles contra Brasil, en un intento por torcer las aspiraciones del viejo líder obrero metalúrgico brasileño.
Además, ha contado con el apoyo de Milei en esta estrategia. El presidente argentino se metió de lleno en la campaña del país vecino, a donde viajó para respaldar a Flávio Bolsonaro, hasta provocar la más grave crisis diplomática bilateral de las últimas décadas tras sus constantes descalificaciones contra el actual presidente brasileño.
Una vida dedicada a la lucha sindical y política bajo la sombra de la corrupción
Lula nació el 27 de octubre de 1945 en el pueblo de Caetés, en el estado de Pernambuco, nordeste del Brasil. De familia pobre y emigrado a la rica San Pablo, forjó desde joven una carrera sindical que lo llevó a fundar el Partido de los Trabajadores (PT), hoy la agrupación más fuerte de la izquierda local.
Su llegada a la presidencia tuvo enormes obstáculos. Fracasó en sus primeros cuatro intentos hasta ser electo en 2002. Cuatro años después logró la reelección, pero a partir de ahí su figura entró en declive con graves causas de corrupción que lo llevaron a la cárcel.
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The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attacking a captain on a Tel Aviv-bound flight earlier this week allegedly used the cockpit’s «crash axe» in the attack and has been identified as a 29-year-old Omani national.
The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, a Middle Eastern source told Fox News, adding that he was barred from flying with Oman Air — his country’s airline — in 2024 due to concerns about extremist views.
The source also said authorities believe the co-pilot moved to Dubai later that year.
The United Arab Emirates, which is leading the investigation into the attack on FlyDubai Flight 1073, said the co-pilot attacked Capt. Smit Machchhar with the cockpit’s crash axe, incapacitating him and causing the aircraft to plummet before passengers on board seized control of the plane.
FLYDUBAI PASSENGER SAYS CO-PILOT STABBED CAPTAIN BEFORE TERRIFYING PLUNGE, EMERGENCY LANDING
A FlyDubai aircraft carrying Israelis who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia is seen parked at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
The source said al-Hammami spent a significant part of his life outside Oman, including time living with his mother, who is from Syria.
According to the source, FlyDubai did not check with Oman Air about al-Hammami before hiring him.
A Gulf diplomat told The Associated Press that investigators are working to determine whether al-Hammami acted as a «lone wolf or has any connection with any extremist groups.»
The AP separately reported that Oman had barred al-Hammami from flying over concerns that he had adopted extremist views.
HERO FLYDUBAI PILOT SAYS HE WAS ‘FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE’ AS PLANE PLUNGED AFTER COPILOT ATTACK
Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who allegedly was attacked on a FlyDubai plane heading to Israel on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday described the incident as an act of terrorism, saying the attacker had undergone «Islamic radicalization.»
«He came to crash the passengers on board,» Netanyahu said, according to The Wall Street Journal.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Israeli passenger Haim Lazarovich, who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ( )
Fox News Digital’s Brittany Miller contributed to this report.
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Politicians from both parties had a rough week as slip-ups and unpopular messaging sent floods of unwanted attention their way.
Chief among this week’s gaffes was Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s botched attempt to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury during Tuesday’s Senate testimony — a basketball mix-up that unraveled as cameras captured the stunned reaction of Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt seated beside him.
Britt was seated beside Schmitt as he pressed Smith over whether he attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024, pointing to text messages he said showed Smith had been there. When Smith denied attending the NBA game, Schmitt accused him of lying under oath. Schmitt had apparently mistaken references to the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Atlanta Hawks, overlooking that Smith had attended the Iowa-Maryland women’s college basketball game that night rather than the NBA game in Atlanta.
As the situation unfolded, and Schmitt’s mistake became apparent, a pool camera zoomed in on Britt’s face, revealing her shocked expression.
JACK SMITH’S TRUMP PROBE SWEPT UP NEWS, OTHER MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AS INVESTIGATION WENT BEYOND LAWMAKERS
«Sen. Katie Britt — a former congressional staffer herself — knew she was watching a mythical staff f*ck up,» one MSNOW reporter wrote. «The type of f*ck up that interns will hear about as a cautionary tale on their first day of work on June 1, 2047.»
«[Britt] opposes abortion and yet Schmitt just aborted his 2028 VP odds on live TV,» a liberal YouTuber quipped.
Schmitt’s exchange quickly became one of the most viral moments of the Smith hearing, drowning out much of the rest of the day’s events.
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The Missouri senator attempted to defuse tensions with a tongue-in-cheek response to the controversy.
«Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?» Schmitt posted to X shortly after the hearing wrapped, referencing the fact that Clark was playing for Iowa in the game Smith attended.
His post drew another wave of negative responses.
«Any person who had a modicum of decency would apologize, immediately, and then impose some basic accountability for some remarkably negligent staff work,» New York Times columnist David French wrote. «He was trying to set up a perjury trap with fake information. Pitiful.»
«When I talk about how the quality of congressional staff used to be so much higher I feel 70 years old…but this is a good example,» one former congressional staffer posted. «No one who worked for any number of Republican senators in 2015 would have ever in a million years allowed this.»
SCHMITT GOES IN-DEPTH ON DIVING CATCH & CHANGES TO COLLEGE ATHLETICS ON ‘RUTHLESS’
Schmitt wasn’t the only politico to draw the ire of the internet this week.
Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, caught heat from figures on the left after posting a video of himself sipping boba tea and criticizing the wealthy interests backing his Republican opponent.
JIM JORDAN SAYS HOUSE WEIGHING CRIMINAL REFERRAL OF JACK SMITH FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESS
«The same people that ran Mallory McMorrow’s campaign into the ground are telling you to do this goofy s—,» left-wing podcaster Kyle Kulinski posted on X. «Just get out there and tell the truth and speak from the heart for economic justice and against war and stop with all this bulls—. C’mon man. You’re smarter than this.»
«Troy Jackson needs to win but videos like this are unhelpful and cringey,» liberal influencer Harry Sisson posted on X. «Please change it up! No boba tea!»
In another gaffe earlier this week, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., accidentally referred to himself as a ‘lifelong Republican’ before immediately correcting himself.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, meanwhile, upset some conservatives with an ad portraying a fictional young White male Medicaid recipient named «Brad» as a gamer who chooses not to work. Some critics accused Sanders of choosing a White male character to avoid depicting demographic groups they said receive government assistance at higher rates.»
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Expert tears apart Talarico’s viral claim his agenda is based on Jesus’s teachings: ‘Butchering the Bible’
Texas Senate nominee James Talarico once proclaimed the Bible gives him a moral reason to fight for his progressive policies, but one expert is now accusing Talarico of spreading a «perverted version» of Christianity to justify his agenda.
Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, set off a wave of criticism this week after saying his support for universal healthcare and rejection of «this corrupt system» are rooted in «biblical grounds.» He pointed to the actions of Jesus and the Hebrew prophets as the rationale.
«When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t ask for a deductible. So when I fight for universal healthcare, I’m doing it on biblical grounds,» he wrote in an X post viewed over 2 million times. «When he fed the hungry, he didn’t price gouge for a profit. When the Hebrew prophets saw corruption, they spoke truth to power. When I take on this corrupt system, I’m doing it on biblical grounds.»
Just Facts president and co-founder Jim Agresti told Digital Talarico publicly opposes Christian nationalism while «imposing his own version, a perverted version, of Christian morals on the public.»
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«Talarico bills himself as a Christian. He talks about how he’s a seminarian,» Just Facts President and co-founder Agresti told Digital. «He frequently quotes the words or misquotes the words of Jesus. And he tries to also, at the same time, say, ‘I hate Christian nationalism,’ while he’s imposing his own version, a perverted version, of Christian morals on the public.»
Agresti, who also preaches monthly at his church in Texas and wrote a book about the veracity of the Bible, said the first time he heard Talarico’s comments, he immediately believed Talarico was not only «butchering the Bible» but also misrepresenting the Constitution.
«He’s perverting the words of Jesus, and he’s also flouting the U.S. Constitution,» he said.
Agresti said he found more than 50 Bible passages about giving to people in need, none of which described government handouts.
«In every single instance, it’s about self-sacrificing generosity,» he said.
TEXAS DEM NOMINEE JAMES TALARICO INVOKES FAITH TO DEFEND ABORTION RIGHTS, ‘THE BIBLE IS SILENT ON ABORTION’
He said Talarico’s interpretation conflicts with the parable of the Good Samaritan, a story that teaches individuals to voluntarily help those in need.
«It was about an individual who saw someone in desperate need and sacrificed their own time and their own money to help that person,» he said. «There was no role for government.»
For that reason, Agresti said Talarico’s public support for taxpayer-funded universal health care is fundamentally at odds with the Bible.
«He’s not even offering to give away his own money,» he said. «He’s offering to take money from others and then give it to other people.»
But Agresti said his concerns go beyond the Bible. He argued both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are rooted in biblical principles, with the Declaration saying government exists to secure God-given rights and the Constitution limiting the government’s role.
«These are not things that the Democrats are typically pushing,» he said, adding that government welfare programs have contributed to a large national debt, leaving less money for other priorities.
UNEARTHED INTERVIEW EXPOSES WHAT TALARICO THOUGHT ABOUT ‘TOUGH-ON-CRIME’ TACTICS
Agresti highlighted how both Talarico and the left overlook the government’s biblical responsibility to «stop crime, stop murder, stop theft.»
«These are the things that people on the left are often very soft about,» he said.
Agresti argued history offers a similar example, comparing Talarico to Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Agresti said Hamilton similarly «misled the public» by pushing for a larger role for the government after the Constitution was ratified.
«He was clear upon that, but then flipped after the Constitution was enacted,» he said. «In other words, he misled the public about what his true agenda was.»
But this is not the first time Talarico has faced controversy over his religious remarks. Talarico previously said «God is non-binary» on the Texas House floor in 2021 while objecting to a bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s sports, called Jesus was a «radical feminist,» and described the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 was «unchristian.»
With the pivotal general election approaching, Talarico is set to face Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a high-stakes Senate race in November.
Agresti cited Jesus’ warning about «false prophets» when speaking about Talarico, saying «they’re dressed like sheep, but inwardly they’re ferocious wolves.»
«I don’t know what’s in his heart,» he said. «He might be deluded. I just don’t know. That’s for God to determine.»
In a statement to Digital, Talarico campaign spokesperson JT Ennis said, «James is a Christian seminarian who’s dedicated his life to the teachings of Jesus Christ — fighting corruption when he sees it because there’s nothing Christ-like about powerful people using scripture to justify hate and greed and score political points. While billionaire-bought politicians like Ken Paxton attack James for his faith — he will continue encouraging Texans to come together by loving their neighbors as themselves.»
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