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Trump wants control of South America. If Bolsonaro Jr wins in Brazil, that could become a reality

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The US president has taken credit for far-right victories across Latin America, but those wins have had more to do with fears of gang crime than his meddling Donald Trump has enjoyed very few foreign policy victories since returning to power.

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Both outlets frame the story around a Trump-aligned win in Brazil that would not necessarily alter China’s economic position. Newsweek states that a Bolsonaro presidency would give Washington a friendly Brasília but would not change who buys Brazil’s soybeans or refines its rare earths. The Guardian US instead foregrounds Trump’s wider ambition in South America and says, in its extract, that past far-right victories have owed more to fears of gang crime than to Trump’s meddling.

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