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Brazil’s Bolsonaro joins Liberal Party ahead of 2022 vote

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been without a political party since 2019, on Tuesday joined the right-wing Liberal Party (PL) ahead of 2022 elections.

The far-right leader, who quit his previous party less than a year into his term, was required to join another to seek reelection in a country where the law bars independent candidacies.

Having failed to gather the half-million signatures required to register his own party, Bolsonaro then opted to join the PL, part of the so-called “centrao,” a loose coalition of parties known for their knack for clinging to power and gaining access to government pork.

“Thank you for your confidence and your support,” Bolsonaro said at an event to make his membership official, in a hotel in Brasilia where few in the crowd wore anti-coronavirus face masks.

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Bolsonaro, 66, has gone through eight previous parties in his more than three-decade political career.

He won the presidency in 2018 with the Social Liberal Party (PSL), but resigned in November 2019 after a power struggle with its leadership.

He then tried to launch his own party, dubbed the Alliance for Brazil, but fell short of the signatures and other requirements needed to register it.

Despite running in 2018 as a maverick outsider opposed to “old-school politics,” Bolsonaro has since struck up an alliance with the “centrao,” whose votes in Congress have helped him pass legislation and shielded him from the scores of impeachment petitions opponents have filed against him.

Bolsonaro’s popularity is at a low of 22 percent, weighed down by his controversial downplaying of Covid-19 and the stalled economic recovery from the pandemic, which has claimed more than 600,000 lives in Brazil.

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Opinion polls place Bolsonaro well behind his political nemesis, leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in next year’s vote.

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Pope Francis hopes Trump will build a more just society free of hatred

Pope Francis expressed his hope that the elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, who will take office on Monday, will contribute to a “more just” society with “no room for hatred.”

“Inspired by the ideals of the nation, land of opportunities and refuge for all, I hope that under your leadership, the American people will thrive and commit to building a more just society in which there is no place for hatred, discrimination, or exclusion,” the Pope wrote in a message directed to Trump and published by the Vatican.

“At the same time, as our human family faces numerous challenges, not to mention the scourge of war, I ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and reconciliation among peoples,” the Argentine pontiff added.

“With these sentiments, I invoke upon you, your family, and the beloved American people the abundance of divine blessings,” he concluded.

Pope Francis criticized Trump’s plans to massively deport irregular migrants on Sunday, calling them a “disgrace.”

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Trump to sign over 200 executive orders, declaring National Emergency at U.S.-Mexico Border

Donald Trump will sign over 200 executive orders this Monday, including declaring a national emergency at the southern U.S. border and designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorists on his first day as president, according to U.S. network Fox News.

A senior administration official familiar with the executive actions Trump will sign, and who was authorized to inform the media according to Fox News, said that the president will sign multiple “omnibus” executive orders, each containing dozens of significant actions.

The source indicated that Trump will declare a national border emergency, order the U.S. military to work with the Department of Homeland Security to fully secure the southern border, and make it a national priority to eliminate all criminal cartels operating on U.S. soil. This version of the emergency declaration had previously been reported by CNN News and was also confirmed to The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

According to Fox News, Trump will close the border to all undocumented foreign nationals through a proclamation. He will also create task forces for national security protection, working with officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other agencies to “completely eradicate the presence of criminal cartels.”

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Trump appoints Stallone, Voight, and Gibson as special ambassadors to Hollywood

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday the appointment of actors Sylvester Stallone (‘Rocky’) and Jon Voight (‘Midnight Cowboy’), as well as actor and director Mel Gibson (‘Braveheart’) as special ambassadors to the “very problematic” Hollywood.

“They will help me as special envoys to make Hollywood, which has lost many overseas businesses in the last four years, COME BACK BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER,” he posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The Republican lamented all the “problems” he claims Hollywood faces and created this role with the aim of improving the situation from a business perspective.

“These three talented men will be my eyes and ears. I will do whatever they suggest,” he said.

Stallone had previously described Trump as the second George Washington, the first U.S. president (1789–1797) and one of the nation’s founding fathers, during a dinner after his victory in the November presidential elections, where he served as the master of ceremonies.

Meanwhile, Gibson attacked Trump’s rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing her of having “the IQ of a fence.”

The Republican leader will be sworn in as president on January 20 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, succeeding Democrat Joe Biden.

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