Regardless if it was wrong or right (in my opinion it's right), why would it benefit either candidate in particular if it was nationwide and not controversially in some regions. Are there any other reasons for the "fraud" excuse? If anything I feel like it's a Freudian slip, because some mayors restricted public transport and saying that it was a fraud for extending hours is kinda a way of telling on themselves.

Jair Bolsonaro has refused to concede defeat in Brazil’s presidential election and says he will seek to have the results annulled.

What do you think this could mean for Brazil’s democracy and political stability?

With Lula’s historic turn yesterday, I saw many of our neighbours on Twitter saying that Lula was the greatest figure of the 21st century, others saying that he is among the greatest Latinos of all time, that he sits together with Allende, Perón, Zapata...

What is your country’s general perception of Lula? Is he already seen as a historical figure in your country?

And just to contextualise for those who don’t understand what he did yesterday. The big tech’s were clearly favouring the right in the elections, their posts made 200 million views without any effort, the left tried much harder, took to the streets and took the narrative for her again and the turn came, I already consider the most historic election in our country, Lula reached another level yesterday.

This is more a personal view than a question, but I welcome your own contributions. How come Lula lost the first round of the Brazilian elections, to then come and win the second round? (And by a bigger margin).

There are a few factors:

1. A huge digital presence

For the first time, the Brazilian left decided to compete in the digital forums (whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, even reddit I guess), with Lula's media manager Janones, creating the WhatsApp channel 'Lula's Army's to give missions to followers, like circulating videos and posts in social media.

1. Presence in the streets

With a bigger digital presence, there was a bigger organization for streets presence, manifestations and public acts became huge and more frequent. There were at least three nation wide protests during this month, calling the attention of the traditional media.

1. Presidential debates

After denying participation in the presidential debates, Lula came around and decided to debate Bolsonaro in the second round. Although the debates were generally seen as negative, Lula came around as more prepared and experienced, while Flávio Bolsonaro came around as arrogant, offensive, and generally a flip-flopper.

Tldr: the presence in social media was seen as something Lula could not afford to lose, the base was super charged, and he got ten more million votes than in the first round.

In 2001 Argentina was going through a crisis that started in 1998 and lasted until 2002, this led to protests all over the country, with the biggest ones being in Buenos Aires and Rosario, in 2001 in response to what is known as the ''corralito'', a government imposition made by economic minister at the moment, Domingo Cavallo which made people unable to withdraw cash from banks.

This would later affect Uruguay as well in 2002.

I'm sure there are some older folks in here who can answer the question.

Musicalizing with (in my opinion) a Latin American anthem, Sr. Cobranza.

Looking for soul-gushing, heartbreaking songs, whether they’re sad, romantic, or make you reflect on life. The kind of music that makes you feel everything deep in your soul.

What’s your favourite song from your country or anywhere else in Latin America that fits this description? I’m really keen on diving deeper into Latin American music, especially those lesser-known gems that hit you right in the soul.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won reelection, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.8% of the vote to 48.2%, according to reported results. The victory comes amid a broader shift toward conservative leadership in parts of Latin America and tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs and regional influence.

Flávio Bolsonaro has rejected the result and called for the election to be annulled following a controversial extension of voting hours.

How might Lula’s victory affect Brazil’s relationship with the United States and the political direction of Latin America?

Well, first of all, congratulations to the Brazilians. I read that many people were scared about the possibility of Bolsonaro winning the presidency.

Second, I think Lula's victory (a left-leaning leader) will set a tremendous precedent in Latin America, especially since next year are the Argentine elections and the odds of Milei's victory are 50/50 (there's still no clear rival for Milei, and that's worrying).

Well, election day took an unexpected turn.

Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered voting to be extended nationwide until 7 PM Brasília time, following reports of public transportation problems affecting voters.

The decision came just as polling stations were closing, causing confusion across the country. It was later clarified that the extension only applies to polling stations that hadn't already closed.

The vote count was temporarily paused as a result.

We're opening this new thread to discuss the decision, how effectively it was implemented, and whether it actually helped affected voters.

We'll also use it to follow the presidential results as they come in.

Useful links:

• Official TSE results

• News coverage (Agência Brasil)

• Old thread, now locked

As always, keep things civil.

At least to me it seems forgotten.

I don't know anything about Paraguay. I don't know what Paraguayans look like or sound like.

Today, October 25, Brazilians are heading to the polls for the second round of the presidential election.

Incumbent President Lula (PT) faces Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) after neither secured a majority in the first round. Several states are also holding gubernatorial runoffs.

Voting ends at 5 PM Brasília time, when the official vote count begins.

As we did for the first round, let's use this thread to follow the results and discuss the election as it unfolds.

Brazilians: How's election day going where you live?

Other Latin Americans: How is the election being covered in your country?

Please keep things civil, even when disagreeing.

Useful links:

• Live results (TSE)

• First Round Megathread

BREAKING: Voting extended nationwide until 7 PM Brasília time.

Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin has ordered a two-hour extension of voting across Brazil, following concerns over public transportation shortages and severe weather affecting access to polling stations.

Source: CNN Brasil

Will it be over for the Amazon?

How easy is this? Is it easier than flying? Also how safe is this?

Which countries are safe? How about Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina? I'm thinking of skipping Colombia and Ecuador

Is there an entry and exit border in all countries? Is it different if you go by land and fly? I'm asking because I was confused when I was in another country where there was no entry border.

Hello All,

Are there any Latin American countries or areas within them that are more welcoming and easier for foreigners to establish friendships with natives? I am in the process of learning Spanish now (plan to be conversational/B2 level by the end of next summer). I want to move to a Spanish-speaking area where I can culturally immerse myself, absent of few, if any, Americans. I assume my pursuits are easier in some countries and areas more than others, so I would like to learn of other people’s experiences.

I swear to God, this shit is so weird.

For a couple of days, I feel that I’ve been seeing thousands of anti-Muslim propaganda.

Sure, I’m against religious extremism, but the weird thing is that… we don’t really have Muslims. At least in my country, where I keep seeing this posts, I’ve never seen or met a single one of them. I’ve seen this posts in Mexico, El Salvador, Peru and a billion in Argentina.

This is like spending hours of your life complaining about Kangaroo attacks in Chile.

It got so bad that I started saving the names of all the people involved. Turns out, all of them are just recently created account that spam this content in rapid succession.

Am I going insane? Is anyone else seeing this?

Fuck, I can’t shake the feeling that we are about to see something bad.

You don't have to go into detail about your political views. Just choose one: left, center, or right.

Personally, I'd choose left/far-left.

Hello everyone! I am a 26-year-old Chinese male. I enjoy cycling, hiking, STEAM games and small animals. Currently, I am working in Beijing.
I'm quite interested in the culture of Latin America and I'd like to make a few friends from there. We can engage in language exchange, share each other's hobbies and interests, or simply get to know each other and become friends.（Preferably under the age of 30.）
If you are interested, please briefly introduce yourself in the comment section. If I add you as a friend, I will give your comment a like. After I make a few friends, I might delete this post. Thank you all.

In case it matters, I learned long ago about the package that comes with being labeled as Latina. My hate is not newfound. I have been here! This happened here in my homeland sadly was said by a foreigner.

Lets start with my rejection of the term goes beyond my personal identity. I also strongly dislike the specific American cultural image of what a Latina woman is supposed to be, and I'm exhausted of people expecting I must be flattered to be identified as an promiscuous homewrecker who competed against other women, over men.

I don't walk around Latam identifying as "Latina". The fuck? I am dominican. I walk everywhere, everywhere knows I am dominican. Not Hispanic, not Caribbean, let alone "latina", dominican. I don't introduce myself as anything else regardless the coordinates my ass is sitting at.

I resent this term. I resent the Usonian implication and context when they say they want to date "latino women".

Nothing about the cultural baggage attached to Latinas represent me.

When the Usonian folks Latinas, who is here pretending they're talking a out a highly educated woman? who's passionate, compassionate, hardworking and "*emotionally stable*"? They're not. And it's Hella dehumanzing acting like the connotations don't showcase how and why we get treated the way we do.

Let's unpack. When someone tells me they want to date me, because I am Latina, I find it offensive. Petty but that's a attack on me and all I've accomplished. Why?

What's the implication when a gringo lad tells you they want to date us?

That we are promiscuos, hypersexualized people who subscribe to being objectified and fetishized. A loud, quite emotionally unstable pushy woman who wrecks homes. The third other woman. The drug mules. The shaking ass women. Big tities, big ass, long hair. With the cherry on top: we dress like we're begging for it.

And it keeps goOooooooing: jealous, dramatic, pushy, possessive. Women haters who fight against other women for male attention and validation. The mistresses. The teenage preggers, tying back to being overly sexual from young ages.

We can't, apparently, be trusted with men. We're always looking for the next prey. Materialistic, money seeking.

So again, when I hear someone saying they want to date Latinas. The main implication is that we're sex fiends, hot chick bombshell that will give them the time of their lives.

The other bit is, we will send them to therapy.

Yahoo! What empowerment to us!

Why I am supposed to feel flattered when someone says that? I am not seen as desirable because of who I am. My desirability is because of the baggage behind the label.

And then being judged by the label and the implication, that was given, unwillingly.

Anyways, I wish more of us subscribed to NOT being referred to as this trashy label that set us back.

So, I was born in Venezuela and I personally struggle to identify with the average Venezuelan culture and to enjoy the same things my countrymen enjoy since I was a kid. I'm not trying to put down Venezuelan culture, I'm just trying to see if people in the spectrum or simply neurodivergent people from other latin american countries have similar experiences.

Hi all, I’m genuinely wanting to know incase I’m coming off as disrespectful. So I have a pair of the bad bunny gold ballerina shoes and I noticed I do get some weird looks when I wear them and have been told it’s looked at as appropriation to wear them. i just wanna know if I’m coming off as disrespectful

I see a lot of guys that play basketball overseas and Dominican Republic is a common spot. If so is the hoops culture in Dr very gritty and physical?.

I already know in Puerto Rico basketball is now as popular as baseball there.