US Accused of Attempting to Influence Brazilian Congressional Elections

Claims suggest current US officials are attempting to sway Brazil's electoral outcomes, drawing comparisons to historical CIA interventions during the Cold War era.

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The GuardianMostly Factual22h ago

Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election

Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago The year was 1962 and the Kennedy administration was desperate to swing Brazil’s congressional elections against its leftwing president, João Goulart, as a way of countering the supposed communist threat sweeping a region the US considered its back yard. Historians say that in the lead-up to the vote, the CIA and the Department of State secretly channelled millions of dollars to opposi...

By Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

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US Accused of Attempting to Influence Brazilian Congressional Elections

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Echoes of cold war as US accused of meddling in another Brazilian election

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