Scottish foreign correspondent currently writing a biography of Pelé. Author of 'Doctor Socrates' and 'The Greatest Show on Earth.' Português. Español.
#GGTTH
Hoje me encontrei pela primeira vez com o presidente da Câmara dos Deputados,
@ArthurLira_
. O país precisa de diálogo e normalidade.
🎥:
@ricardostuckert
Worth remembering that people who laughed at Pele counting friendly goals against Benfica, Real Madrid and Inter Milan are celebrating Messi scoring against Cruz Azul and Atlanta in something called the Leagues Cup.
Also Brazil, with the far-right president running off to Florida and refusing to hand over the sash of office, a cross section of Brazilians of all colours, genders, ethnicities, ages, etc have done the honours. 🇧🇷💚
Dani Alves had his sentenced for rape lowered because Neymar gave the court 150,000 euros. The option of being allowed to pay to reduce a criminal sentence is one of the biggest scandals of our times and makes a complete mockery of justice for all. Que verguenza, España.
Só tem uma coisa mais nojento de saber que Neymar pagou quase 1 milhão de euros para reduzir a sentencia de Dani Alves. É o fato que existe a possibilidade de pagar parar reduzir a sentencia.
Como o Brasil está indo atras dos vandalos com a ajuda de influencers e internautas. Talvez seja tarde demais mas tudo cuidado é pouco para evitar que os justiceiros não tomam conta do proceso. Obrigado
@felipeneto
e
@apagliar
pelas contribuições
Quero título de cidadão honorário do Brasil. Acho que mereço. Venero Sócrates. Adoro Jorge Ben Jor. Falo 'porra' mais que 'fuck.' Nadei no Flamengo. Vi show no Sesc. Fui ao Vila Belmiro e o Ilha do Retiro. Erro muito a concordancia. Ja comprei 324 pares de Havaianas. E ai,
@Lula
?
O britânico recebeu, nesta segunda-feira, o título de cidadão honorário e ainda disputará o GP de Interlagos neste domingo. Enquanto aguarda a corrida, o esportista saiu para jantar com dois cantores brasileiros: Iza e Seu Jorge. 🏎🏁
#lewishamiltom
#formula1
#foradecampo
The Brazilian army indicating they have not started looking for the missing British journalist and Brazilian explorer, more that 36 hours after they were last seen in a remote part of the Amazon. No clear explanation given other than they are awaiting orders.
#outrageous
Neymar has recorded a video with a silly dance to confirm he supports Brazil's far-right president in Sunday's election. The misogynist leader is trailing in the polls to leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Brazilian police have just issued a statement saying they have NOT foud the bodies of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, contradicting what they told Dom's wife earlier today. Unbelievable.
#OndeEstaoBrunoeDom
Want to know why Neymar is backing Bolsonaro? Baffled why Rivaldo supports a far-right charlatan? Confused why mild-mannered guys like Dani Alves and Thiago Silva have thrown in their lot with a homophobic misogynist?
Here are some possible answers:
I thought I'd seen everything but a president leading the crowd - during an official engagement no less - to chant "Imbrochavel!" is truly a new low.
* Imbrochavel = one who never fails to get a hard on (yes, seriously)
Momento Zorra Total no comício da Esplanada. Bolsonaro beija a primeira-dama e inicia um coro para si mesmo: “Imbrochável! Imbrochável! Imbrochável!”
#OGlobonasEleicoes
Seja como Anitta, como Malu Mader, como Dr Drauzio Varella, como Milton Hatoum, como Adão Iturrusgarai, como milhões de outras pessoas legais. Pergunte: "Onde Estão Dom e Bruno?"
#OndeEstaoDomEBruno
"This has never before happened in the history of this country," said Lula, who was not in Brasilia when the invasion started earlier today. "We will discover who these vandals and neo-fascists are and who is financing them. And all of them will pay."
Just a reminder that Pelé has three World Cup winners medals, was the key player in winning two of them, scored seven goals in six knock-out games in the tournament, including three in two finals (and none of them penalties), and then retired from international football aged 30.
Here's why you should never hire kids without more experienced editors. Bonnie Raitt, one of the greatest, most talented, most versatile and most consistent artist of the last 50 years, is dubbed unknown. Jesus wept.
@EmmaKennedy
The difference that is most obvious to me is the lack of betting shops, chain restaurants and charity shops all over Germany, Spain, France etc.
The lunatic far-right demonstrators have made it into the Supreme Court building where they are smashing things up. "Break everything," they're shouting, "break everything!"
British journalist
@domphillips
is missing in Amazônia. He was researching a book on Models for Preserving the Rainforest. He won a grant from the
@APFFoundation
to write the book. He and his traveling partner, explorer Bruno Pereira, were last seen on Sunday morning.
Só tem uma coisa mais nojento de saber que Neymar pagou quase 1 milhão de euros para reduzir a sentencia de Dani Alves. É o fato que existe a possibilidade de pagar parar reduzir a sentencia.
@PerthshireMags
Bill Bryson wrote that when he came to Britain there were flower beds on roundabouts. People told him there's no money for that anymore. And yet Britain is richer than ever. We just choose to give more money to rich people and use less of it for the common good.
Bruno Pereira is buried today in his home state. Some indigenous tribes turned up to bid him farewell in this moving tribute. Dom Phillips will be buried on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.
Cena do velório de Bruno Pereira, agora em Recife. Que a gente possa aprender alguma coisa com o respeito que os indígenas demonstram pela memória e pelo trabalho dele. 👇✨👇
Brazil was in exactly this position in 2018. A lone lunatic stabbed the far-right candidate and he went on to win in a landslide. Four years of chaos and hell ensued.
There's a story behind the dog. It appeared outside the jail where Lula was imprisoned and was looked after by his supporters. His future wife adopted it and named it Resistência. Looks like he's now the official first pet. 🐶🇧🇷✊🏽
"Neymar, Regina Duarte, Gusttavo Lima, Rivaldo, Niklas, Onyx, Roberto Justus, Ronaldinho Gaucho, can you hear me? Your boy took a hell of a beating! Your boy took a hell of a beating!"
(Only Brits and Norwegians over 50 will understand this.)
Almost half of the 107 properties bought by the Bolsonaro family were paid for in cash, according to a fine new investigation by
@julianadalpiva
and
@thiagoherdy
. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
"O mundo está voltando a vir para o Brasil,” Lula disse na terca-feira apos ver um numero recorde de turistas aqui. Otima noticia. Então fazer o que na quarta? Dificultar a chegada de turistas dos paises mais ricos. Que estupidez.
Brazil's far-right president completed the biggest huff in political history on Friday by fleeing Brazil to avoid having to pass the presidential sash of office to the leftist ejection winner (and maybe also to avoid jail).
#baby
#fujao
Teary Bolsonaro calls decisive election loss unfair, declines to concede, flies to Florida before successor's inauguration reports
@pessoagabi
Americans might be familiar
Body cams have helped reduce police violence in São Paulo. So why is the far-right candidate for governor so keen to remove them? My story in the Guardian.
Cowardly. The far-right populist hides for 48 hours then when he reappears he refuses to acknowledge defeat, refuses to congratulate the winner, refuses to clearly tell his supporters the game is up. Unbelievable. Really, really unbelievable. And yet why are we surprised?
Lula blames capital police.
"The police in charge of capital security did not do their job," Lula says. "They did nothing. They will not go unpunished. They showed was incompetence and bad faith."
It's official! After four years of research I've signed a contract with
@VikingBooksUK
to write a biography about Pelé and Brazil. ⚽👑🇧🇷🔟
More details here:
Interested in knowing more about Socrates, the man who gave his name to the
#BallonDor
's new social prize today? This book has all the answers. Available in English, French, Italian, Polish, Turkish and Portuguese.
Vote counts are under way but most of them, especially for president, mean nothing this early in the night. It will be another two or three hours before we get a result. The official count can be followed here:
The media's reporting of Pelé's illness has been very poor these last few days. Here's why, along with a thread of what we know and don't know about the King of football. 🧵
Here's how football has changed. When Brazil beat holders England at the 1970 World Cup some players celebrated in the dressing room, only for Pelé, who already had two winners' medals, to cut them down. "What are you celebrating for?" he shouted. "We've won nothing yet. Focus!"
This is astonishing, The Economist asking a candidate who, for all his faults, was a responsible democrat and steward of Brazil's economy, to do all this to prove he's better than a callous racist, homophobe, and misogynist who lied his way through his presidency.
Lula should publicly name a moderate economist as his pick for finance minister; reassure farmers that he will not tolerate land invasions; promise not to nationalise any industries; and rule out interfering with media freedom
“They are no longer with us. Mother nature has snatched them away with a grateful embrace. Their souls have joined those of so many others who gave their lives in defence of the rainforest and Indigenous peoples."
Lovely piece by NYT correspondent
@jacknicas
on the people who went the extra mile to see Pelé one last time, many of them soing so specifically to repay him for all the joy he had given them and Brazil over the years.
Duas páginas no NYTIMES de hoje sobre o velório de Pelé. Olhem a dimensão do rei do futebol. Os correspondentes
@jacknicas
e Dado Galdieri acompanharam os torcedores na fila para se despedir do maior de todos os tempos
The vice president to Brazil's former fascist leader is all of a sudden worried about human rights now that hundreds of his supporters have been detained for insurrection.
My best Dom Phillips story is the one I rediscovered recently on my Whatsapp, told to me with lots of smiley faces. Before coming to Brazil Dom was editor of
@Mixmag
, a magazine about electronic music. Dom wrote a story about the band
@the_prodigy
during their early 90s heyday.
Another long piece, on Brazil's far-right president and the environment.
"The killing of the Phillips and Pereira is an illustration of how the president’s policies are fatal, not just for the environment but for those who care about it."
@peterprengaman
Sometimes you're looking for a simple word to describe someone or something and you can't find it even though it's staring you in the face. Easy-going is that word to describe Dom. No shouting. No theatrics. No loud opinions. Easy-going. That was Dom.
To anyone saying Brazil's state championships were a joke in Pelé's time should consider this: more teams won the São Paulo state championship when Pelé played for Santos than won La Liga while Messi played for Barcelona. 👑
#Pele
Richarlison is THE Man. Everton striker posts message calling for authorities to act now to find missing journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian explorer Bruno Pereira. Valeu
@richarlison97
"I hope Neymar doesn't repeat his behaviour of the last World Cup, when he dived, rolled around, and complained aggressively. The play acting was ridiculous and it caused worldwide antipathy." Tostão
The German ambassador to Brazil says he is "deeply shocked" at protests in southern Brazil where hundreds of people gave the Nazi salute. "It's not freedom of speech, it's an attack on democracy and the rule of law. This gesture disrespects the memory of the Nazis' victims."
Corpos do jornalista inglês Dom Phillips e do indigenista Bruno Araújo foram encontrados, de acordo Alessandra Sampaio, esposa do jornalista. Eles estavam desaparecidos desde o domingo (5). Saiba mais:
Here's Neymar welcoming Brazil's far-right president to his institute in Santos today, four days before the election, and speaking of his pride at seeing the outspoken supporter of torture visit.
Fico aflito com o numero de amigos brasileiros me dizendo que tem vergonha do Brasil. Por favor, não tenham. Um pais não da vergonha. Pessoas dão vergonha e sabemos quem. Pessoas morrem, governos terminam, instituições podem ser saneados. Melhores dias verão. E verão em breve. 🇧🇷
After four years of faithful service to Brazil's far-right president, his vice has come out on the last day of his term and criticised his boss for running away to Florida and refusing to hand over the sash of office.
“Lideranças que deveriam unir a nação, deixaram com que o silêncio, ou o protagonismo inoportuno, criasse um clima de caos e deixaram que as Forças Armadas pagassem a conta, para alguns por inação e outros por fomentar um pretenso golpe”, diz Hamilton Mourão em pronunciamento.
Franz Beckenbauer will be remembered for his Bayern Munich and West Germany performances but he was a key member of the Cosmos squad that won Pele his only NASL title. It was the arrival of Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia and Carlos Alberto that was crucial in the 1977 trophy win.