Tom Phillips

Brazil judge hits back at ‘cowardly and treasonous’ plot behind US sanctions US put sanctions on Judge Alexandre de Moraes as an apparent move by Trump to help his ally Jair Bolsonaro

‘Moraes claimed the Brazilians behind the alleged plot were trying to trigger “an economic crisis, that would create a social and then a political crisis so that, once again, there might be social instability and the chance of a new putschist attack”.

Opposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship

“Democracy in El Salvador has died"

Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Brazil’s judiciary He has placed sanctions on the judge leading the prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro, his ideological ally

"Mr Bolsonaro’s allies make the 8 January riot sound like a tea-party. Any cursory search of the riot shows that it was a vandalistic orgy," says the @economist.com www.economist.com/the-americas...

‘Classic tin pot dictator’: inside Trump’s extraordinary assault on Brazil’s democracy US president seems to be weaponizing tariffs to punish Brazil for its coup trial against his ally Bolsonaro

"Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second largest democracy too." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tacou?

Trump accused of ‘attack on Brazilian democracy’ after sanctioning Bolsonaro trial judge Supporters of Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, decried the US move against Alexandre de Moraes

“not just an affront to a supreme court minister … [but also] a direct attack on Brazilian democracy and sovereignty”

No One Is Defying Trump Like Brazil’s President

"If [Trump] got to know me, he’d know that I’m 20 times better than [Bolsonaro]," @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social tells @jacknicas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

Today: regozijar

‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot

4 months ago I went to visit Arturo Suárez's wife & baby daughter in Chile, as he languished behind bars in El Salvador. Fortunately he's now free. But how terribly cruel that I've met his kid but he hasn't, all because he was swallowed up by a political game www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot

“The truth must be heard all over the world. Otherwise what they did to us will be ignored”

Kemi Badenoch: Argentinian president Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government Tory leader says she can fulfil same role as Milei, a far-right leader promising big cuts to public spending

While I don't know of any specific polling about what Britons think of Javier Milei, I'm not 100% convinced this is an election-winning pitch.

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Go understand 🤔

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Pretty much every day I learn a new Portuguese word from the Estadão editorial section. Hoje, "rega-bofe"...

Rubio moves to strip US visas from eight Brazilian judges in Bolsonaro battle Move by Marco Rubio is latest attempt by Trump administration to help former president avoid justice over alleged coup

"The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has stripped 8 of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as the White House escalates its campaign to help the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro avoid justice over his alleged attempt to seize power with a military coup."

Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle tag over fears he may abscond as coup trial nears end Guilty verdict widely expected for ex-Brazilian president accused of plot to seize power after losing 2022 election

"Federal police are investigating what role, if any, Bolsonaro had in convincing Trump to hit Brazil with 50% tariffs in an apparent attempt to pressure Brazilian authorities into dropping the charges against Bolsonaro or pardoning him" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

He's reportedly been ordered to wear an electronic tag, stay at home after 7pm - and forbidden from talking to foreign ambassadors

Jair Bolsonaro reportedly got a knock at the door from federal police at home in Brasilia this morning…

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Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Bora lá? Let’s go?

‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival Lula

“Jair Bolsonaro couldn’t care less about Brazil. He’s a phoney patriot" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This Wednesday we will be celebrating Dom’s book here in Rio. Please come!

Thanks so much Esther!

Thank you Nick!

NEW from me + @tomphillips.bsky.social :How the Haitian government is using drone attacks to wrest control of capital from criminal gangs, aided by Erik Prince of the notorious Blackwater mercenary outfit.
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Três anos depois do crime que tirou a vida de Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips, o repórter @tomphillips.bsky.social lançou o podcast Missing in the Amazon. No Fio da Meada, ele contou para Branca Vianna o que a reportagem revela a respeito da Amazônia hoje. radionovelo.com.br/originais/fi...

Missing in the Amazon: the frontline – episode six According to Beto Marubo, if Dom and Bruno did the same expedition in 2025, they would face the same levels of danger. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, returns to the Javari v...

The sixth and final episode of our Dom & Bruno podcast ‘Missing in the Amazon’ is out now

Quais os melhores restaurantes do centro do Rio de Janeiro?

Missing in the Amazon Tells a Compelling Story of Courage A deft combination of informative journalism and emotional weight is what makes Missing in the Amazon such a commanding listen.

"The #podcast is about how they lived & what they lived for, far more than how they died"

"Missing in the #Amazon", a #podcast on the murders of Bruno Pereira, a defender of indigenous peoples rights & Dom Phillips, a British journalist @tomphillips.bsky.social

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