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Florida, from bastion to trench of Republicans in the United States
The state remains red in the middle of a map that was dyed in blue, but with fewer votes for Republicans among criticism of economic and immigration policies
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In Foz do Iguaçu, the Bolsonarist stronghold, the economic crisis passes bill to Lula before elections
The economy in Foz do Iguaçu is in crisis and many blame President and candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This border city lives from the tourism of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Centre and from trade, but sales have fallen and GDP has been retracted by about 3%. In 2022, Jair Bolsonaro received 66% of the votes in Foz do Iguaçu, and since then Paraná, in southern Brazil, has become an increasingly conservative state. Report from our correspondent Valeria Saccone and Fanny Lothaire.
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Texas: The IA opens a crack in the Republican bastion? · Global Voices
The expansion of artificial intelligence is generating a new political fracture in Texas, one of the main Republican bastions in the United States. The growth of data centres, driven by Donald Trump and state authorities, is critical of their energy and water consumption, their impact on communities and the potential costs to taxpayers. According to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, about 60 per cent of the data centres planned or under construction are in districts that supported Trump in 2024. A few months from the mid-ma elections