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Analysts react to the surprise court decision on March 8. Guy Pichard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may now be able to run in Brazil’s 2022 presidential elections, after a lone Supreme Court justice threw out corruption charges against him. The ruling, which will be appealed, could set up a showdown between Lula and President Jair Bolsonaro, who has struggled in recent months with record deaths from COVID-19 and a flagging economy. What now? Thomas Traumann, political analyst: Brazil’s 2022 election began today. The ruling by Supreme Court ju...

Read / Add Comments A Wilmington, Delaware man is facing eight years behind bars for crossing state lines to Pennsylvania to have sex with whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl but was actually an undercover agent, authorities said. Thomas Traumann, 53, began an online chat relationship through a social media website with the "girl" on Nov. 3, 2018, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Traumann repeatedly acknowledged that the “girl” was 14-years-old and made his intentions quite clear that he wanted to have a sexual encounter with her d...

But claims, later partially debunked, that the Bolsonaro administration last year spent 15.6m reais (£2.1m/$2.9m) on his favourite foodstuff have sparked a public outcry, with rivals and detractors blasting what they called the president’s immoderate eating habits. “Those responsible must be punished!” the leftist Ciro Gomes thundered on Twitter, demanding a supreme court investigation into “Bolsonaro’s preposterous spending”. Sâmia Bomfim, a socialist congresswoman, said Brazilians deserved to know how 7,200 cans of condensed milk might have been devoured each day. “Did the p...