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I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

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There is blatant voter suppression happening right now in Brazil: flights cancelled and buses suspended to Northeastern capitals where Lula holds the majority, polling stations changed to thousands of kms away last-minute, voters in London told they need to go to Edinburgh… This is criminal.

We have never seen anything like it before. Proven Meta and U.S. interference in the first round; now this criminal voter suppression in the second round. The far-right loves calling corruption when they themselves are against democracy when it benefits their side. This is torturous to watch.

An arrest warrant has been issued against Salvador's secretary of transport, one of Brazil's largest Lula-voting hubs, for keeping dozens of buses off the streets today. Again: what’s happening in Brazil is criminal.

This criminal suspension of public transport, of course, affects the working class the most, those who overwhelmingly vote for Lula and who have to carefully plan their workdays to be able to get to the polls. If the buses don’t come, there are no hours, no minutes to spare. Those are votes gone.

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

544 buses stopped in Bahia! Only one bus per line on the streets of Teresina, a capital with a population of almost a million! Metro stoppages in São Paulo with no replacement buses! No buses in São Gonçalo, a city in the state of Rio governed by the far-right!

Voting times extended by two hours in Salvador as the Labour Party tries to get extensions in more affected cities. The party is urging people to vote but the truth is that this criminal transport interference will have caused a massive loss in voting among the largely pro-Lula working class.

Heartbreaking. What went wrong the past 25 years, around the world? Get ready, Americans.

Remember this all backed by the USA Government, Elon Musk and the collection of USA Oligarchs They are exercising their power to punish a political party in an independent nation state because it forced USA companies (X) to follow the law.

this is not simple revenge, the brazilian right wing has close ties to trumpism, wants to capitulate to market and industry restrictions to favor the us against competitors like china, privatize and impose fees to some national bank services to favor american creditor, so on so forth

Salvador was brutal. 75%of buses not running until 13:00

A crime!!!!!!!!

I live in a quilombolas community and we had no power until about 13:00 as well. Pure Lula area.