[{"pubDate":"Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:57:26 +0100","url":"https://theconversation.com/brazil-lulas-presidential-win-puts-the-brakes-on-the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-latin-america-295219","titre":"Brazil: Lula’s presidential win puts the brakes on the rise of the far right in Latin America","source":"The Conversation – Articles (FR)","id":3244497,"description":"KEY TAKEAWAYS Social policies, such as support for small businesses, and a shorter working week without a loss of pay helped president Lula to turn around Brazil’s election. Street protests and social media strengthened Lula’s campaign amid allegations of election interference by Meta favouring Flávio Bolsonaro. Major challenges lie ahead as Lula faces a right-leaning Congress, opposition from the Bolsonaro movement and pressure from the Trump administration. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election with 51.79% of valid votes, unexpectedly reversing the first-round result won by Flávio Bolsonaro, a first in Brazilian presidential elections. Between the two rounds, he gained about 10.4 million additional votes. Defeated, right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro announced that he would ask for the election to be annulled. The next day, his party, the Liberal Party (PL), acknowledged the result. Brazil’s nonalignment sounds a warning to the global far right Beyond halting the advance of Donald Trump’s and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s influence in the region, Brazil’s election result points to strategies by which far right success in other countries can be contained. It is also a personal defeat for Trump, who invested energy and influence without openly declaring his support, but with the objective of returning the Bolsonaro family to power. Lula’s victory can be attributed to three equally important factors. The first is a package of social measures: an increase in Bolsa Família, the government’s flagship cash-transfer program; the announcement of measures benefiting individual microentrepreneurs (MEI), who account for nearly 70% of active businesses in Brazil; and, above all, the approval, during the second-round campaign, of the government’s bill reducing the working week from six to five days with no loss of pay . In a poll conducted four days before the vote, this legislation was the news item that mattered most in determining voters’ choice (17%). It was followed by reports of Supreme Federal Court (STF) justices’ involvement in the Banco Master corruption case (14%), politicians’ involvement in the same case (13%), and the Lula government’s lifting of the ban on online betting houses, known as “bets” (11%). Between the two rounds, Lula raised his government’s approval rating, particularly among higher-income voters (+6 p.p) and right-wing voters outside of bolsonarismo (+12 p.p), i.e. groups that make up Flávio’s voter base. Over the same period, fear of the Bolsonaro family’s return to power overtook fear of Lula’s reelection (44% to 42%) . Taking to the streets and digital power Such a turnaround was driven, in large part, by mass mobilisation of Lula’s supporters in the streets and on social media. Large rallies called by students and other mostly young people brought millions of people on the streets, breaking the chill seen in the preceding weeks . The largest rally in support of Lula took place in São Paulo on October 24. Demonstrators sang the Independence Anthem of Brazil, a clear reference to Brazil’s independence from Trump’s interventionist policy . Part of this interventionism was attributed to the actions of Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. During the second-round campaign, allegations grew that the company had favoured Flávio Bolsonaro and other far-right candidates by manipulating its algorithms . While Meta denied any favouritism, blaming technical failures, internal messages revealed by Folha de S. Paulo revealed that Lula’s campaign had been unable to boost posts for nearly 24 hours in October. In reaction to the far right’s domination of the digital environment, one of the major landmarks of the second round was the creation of the “Lula’s Army”, a WhatsApp channel set up by a federal deputy that gathered more than 10 million"},{"id":3241541,"description":"Le texte français suit. CALLeagues, Following up on this thread in our Member Forum - Globe and Mail reports CSC preparing to eliminate all prison librarian positions - I am proud to let you know that I signed on behalf of CALL/ACBD the open letter that was prepared by Book Clubs for Inmates. I am grateful to Amy Kaufman for sharing this news item with the association, and to Karen Sawatzky for speaking to it at the Executive Board so that we could lend our voice in support of this important cause. As this example shows, our Member Forum is the space to share news and items of interest to your colleagues from coast-to-coast-to-coast, and I look forward to reviewing more of your forum postings. Looking ahead, and following on the elections that were held last month, it is my pleasure to announce your Executive Board for 2026/2027: Katarina Daniels, President (continuing) Pia Williams, First Vice-President (continuing) Sean Holdner, Second Vice-President (acclaimed) Catherine Cotter, Treasurer (continuing) Margaret Banka, Secretary (acclaimed) Karen Sawatzky, Member-at-Large (continuing) Eric Jacobson, Member-at-Large (elected) Jason Wong, Past-President (continuing) I am grateful to Donna Sikorsky, Sooin Kim, and Ann Marie Melvie for serving on the Elections Committee and working with our National Officer Laura Romero to ensure a free and fair election; to Mary-Jo Petsche, Danielle Brosseau, Hannah Rosborough, Jean-Sébastien Danis, and Kimberly Feher for serving on the Nominations Committee to recruit members to serve on our executive; and to Sarah Gibbs for putting herself as a candidate for member-at-large. All these efforts by so many individuals contribute to the sustained governance of our organization, and I am humbled to continue my service as past-president to you and your new board who will officially take office at the end of the AGM in May. All the best, Jason Wong Bonjour à tous les membres de la CALL/ACBD ! Pour faire suite au fil de discussion dans notre Forum des membres, portant sur un article du Globe and Mail selon lequel le SCC se prépare à abolir les postes de bibliothécaires dans les pénitenciers , je suis fier de vous faire savoir que j’ai signé au nom de la CALL/ACBD la lettre ouverte qui a été préparée par l’organisme Book Clubs for Inmates. Je tiens à remercier Amy Kaufman d’avoir informé l’association de cette nouvelle ainsi que Karen Sawatzky d’en avoir parlé au conseil exécutif afin que nous puissions appuyer cette cause importante. Cet exemple montre que notre Forum des membres est une plateforme d’échange permettant de partager des nouvelles et des sujets d’intérêt avec vos collègues d’un bout à l’autre du pays, et je suis impatient de lire les messages que vous publierez sur le forum. Pour ce qui est de l’avenir, et à la suite des élections qui ont eu lieu le mois dernier, j’ai le plaisir de dévoiler les membres du conseil exécutif pour 2026-2027. Katarina Daniels, présidente (poursuit son mandat) Pia Williams, première vice-présidente (poursuit son mandat) Sean Holdner, deuxième vice-président (nommé par acclamation) Catherine Cotter, trésorière (poursuit son mandat) Margaret Banka, secrétaire (nommée par acclamation) Karen Sawatzky, membre à titre personnel (poursuit son mandat) Eric Jacobson, membre à titre personnel (élu) Jason Wong, président sortant (poursuit son mandat) Je remercie Donna Sikorsky, Sooin Kim et Ann Marie Melvie qui ont siégé au comité des élections et travaillé avec notre responsable du bureau national, Laura Romero, pour assurer la tenue d’élections libres et justes ; Mary-Jo Petsche, Danielle Brosseau, Hannah Rosborough, Jean-Sébastien Danis et Kimberly Feher qui ont","source":"Canadian Association of Law Libraries / L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit CALL/ACBD Blog","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:57 +0100","titre":"President's Message / Message du président","url":"https://www.callacbd.ca/CALL-Blog/13617470"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Elections: Irregularities Sinclair-Desgagné v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2026 SCC 31 (42076) Federal election irregularities; annulment. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","id":3166942,"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/20/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-47/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","pubDate":"Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:01:21 +0200"},{"id":3026904,"description":"One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe . It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from April 18 – June 25, 2026 inclusive. Appeal Civil Litigation/Elections: Collateral Attack; Abuse of Process; Parliamentary Privilege; Immunity Resler v. Anglin , 2024 ABCA 113 ; 2026 SCC 23 (41298) Can an unsuccessful election candidate bring a civil claim against an elections officer for the tort of . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:29 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/07/12/summaries-sunday-supreme-advocacy-133/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy"},{"id":1316705,"description":"Ahead of the European Elections in June 2024, EHPM calls on the EU to recognise food supplements as important allies for European citizens’ health, and to promote policies that empower consumers, and enable the continued growth of the European food supplement sector in the next mandate. Ahead of the start of the new political Read more > The post EHPM 2024-2029 Manifesto: Together for healthy citizens and a prosperous economy in the EU appeared first on Ehpm","source":"EHPM","pubDate":"Fri, 10 May 2024 15:19:27 +0200","titre":"EHPM 2024-2029 Manifesto: Together for healthy citizens and a prosperous economy in the EU","url":"https://ehpm.org/news/ehpm-manifesto-2024-elections/"},{"titre":"The Silent War on Disinformation: How Web Scraping is Changing the Battlefield","url":"https://businesstoday.news/the-silent-war-on-disinformation-how-web-scraping-is-changing-the-battlefield/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-silent-war-on-disinformation-how-web-scraping-is-changing-the-battlefield","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:30:29 +0200","description":"Introduction to the Information Warfare In an age where the proliferation of fake news has impacted over 80% of the UK population, the call for innovative solutions has never been louder. The advent of AI has intensified the spread of disinformation, particularly in the context of major global events and elections, making the battle against misinformation more complex and crucial. The AI Challenge in Disinformation The Dark Side of AI AI technologies have transformed the landscape of digital communication, but not without drawbacks. The ease of creating and spreading false information through automated systems and convincing deepfakes has led to The post The Silent War on Disinformation: How Web Scraping is Changing the Battlefield appeared first on Business Today","id":1221226,"source":"Business Today"}]