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  "id": 16822194,
  "title": "How a WhatsApp “army” helped flip Brazil’s 2026 election and why Malaysia should pay attention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/how-a-whatsapp-army-helped-flip-brazils-2026-election-and-why",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T23:58:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Murray Hunter BRAZILIAN President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off one of the most dramatic comebacks in the country’s modern democratic history. After trailing Flávio Bolsonaro (son of former president Jair Bolsonaro) in the first electora...",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "U.S. to give visa to Brazilian election loser Bolsonaro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/u-s-to-give-visa-to-brazilian-election-loser-bolsonaro",
        "published": "2026-10-28T00:32:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after election loss",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/brazils-flavio-bolsonaro-flees-to-us-after-election-loss",
        "published": "2026-10-28T00:32:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Flavio Bolsonaro Flees To US After Losing Brazil Election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-to-us-after-losing-brazil-election",
        "published": "2026-10-28T01:01:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "After stunning election defeat, Flávio Bolsonaro flees to US, Brazil's President Lula da Silva calls it ‘shameful’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/after-stunning-election-defeat-flavio-bolsonaro-flees-to-us-brazils",
        "published": "2026-10-28T01:14:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Bolsonaro’s son Flavio flees to US after election loss in Brazil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bolsonaros-son-flavio-flees-to-us-after-election-loss-in-brazil",
        "published": "2026-10-28T01:50:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "The timeline of Flávio Bolsonaro's escape from Brazil after failed election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/the-timeline-of-flavio-bolsonaros-escape-from-brazil-after-failed",
        "published": "2026-10-28T02:26:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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