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Brazil's Neymar, lies on the pitch as he receives first aid during the World Cup group G soccer match between Brazil and Serbia, at the the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Brazil with plenty of options to replace Neymar at World Cup

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Electoral Court employees work on the final stage of sealing electronic voting machines in preparation for the general election run-off in Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2022, ahead of the Oct. 30 second round vote. Valdemar Costa, president of the ruling Liberal Party, is calling on the electoral authority to annul votes cast on more than half of electronic voting machines used in the Oct. 30 election, citing a software bug. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil election agency rejects Bolsonaro push to void votes

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s election body rejects Bolsonaro’s push to void votes

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after speaking from his official residence the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. This was Bolsonaro´s first public comment since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff to President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro contests Brazil election, demands votes be annulled

By David Biller and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris lifts the trophy after France won 4-2 during the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) **FILE**

France faces weight of history in bid to retain World Cup

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

A general view of the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Qatar has built eight stadiums for this World Cup and created an entire new city of Lusail where the final will be held. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Qatar: No ‘white elephant’ legacy for World Cup stadiums

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Supporters of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva react to results in the presidential run-off election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Brazil's electoral authority announced that da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country's next president. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Lula’s team meets Bolsonaro as Brazil’s transition kicks off

By Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Rolling the Brazil Politics Dice Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

What the election in Brazil can teach America

By Cal Thomas

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

With Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from brink

By Diane Jeantet and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

A resident holds a sign that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Truck drivers, you are the pride of Brazil&quot; to show support for cargo drivers who parked their trucks on the side of the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo highway to protest the previous day’s election defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro, in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigues Da Silva)

Brazil high court orders pro-Bolsonaro roadblocks cleared

By Diane Jeantet and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, who is running for president again, hold hands with a supporter after voting in a presidential run-off election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

‘Trump of the Tropics’ Bolsonaro silent as Lula claims narrow win in Brazil

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Brazilian living in Portugal approaches the voting booth in a polling station at the University of Lisbon to vote in Brazil's presidential election, in Lisbon, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Brazilians are voting Sunday in a polarizing presidential runoff election pitting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazilians go to polls to choose between far-left ‘Lula’ or Bolsonaro, ‘Trump of the Tropics’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, poses for a picture after voting in a run-off presidential election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Lula defeats Bolsonaro to become Brazil’s president

By Mauricio Saverese and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Agricultural machine works at a soybean plantation at the Passatempo farm, Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. President Jair Bolsonaro trusts his support among agribusiness leaders to help him win reelection later this month, while frontrunner Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tries to make inroads with rural voters with a boost from defeated presidential candidate Sen. Simone Tebet, who is from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Women listen on a mobile phone to an interview of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running again for president, with Jornal Nacional on TV Globo, outside a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 25, 2022. The Superior Electoral Court, the country's top electoral authority, announced Thursday, Oct, 20, that it would be banning &quot;false or seriously decontextualized&quot; content that “affects the integrity of the electoral process.” No request from a prosecutor or complainant is necessary for the court to take action. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Brazilian voters bombarded with misinformation before vote

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, talks to press as he arrives to a polling station to vote in the general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Da Silva, Bolsonaro head to runoff in Brazil’s presidential race

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Itaipu Dam, hydroelectric power station, Brazil, Paraguay (Shutterstock)

How Brazil-Paraguay’s hydroelectric power plant brought two countries together

By Anatalicio Risden Junior

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya, left, keeps his hand down as some members of the U.N. Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia vetoes U.N. resolution calling its referendums illegal

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term, rides a horse at the Barretos Rodeo International Festival in Barretos, Sao Paulo state Brazil, Aug. 26, 2022. Bolsonaro is betting on a program crafted to distribute land ownership to thousands of rural farmers as a tool to win over some countryside voters and eventually beat Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 2, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes land titles will lure rural votes

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazil's former president, who is running for reelection, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, appears in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 3, 2022, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, right, attends a meeting on June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photos) **FILE**

‘Trump of the tropics’ in tough battle for second term in Brazil

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times