I'm John Betcher with my good friend and colleague Ernesto Arousa, former foreign minister of the Republic of Brazil.

We've addressed what we can of the transition, if it is, in Havana and in Caracas.

In Brasilia, however, Lula de Silva remains president for the third term and is now said to be

anticipating running for a fourth term later this year,

the biggest election to happen in the Americas this year, 2026. The alarming news is that

Jarbosanero is very ill, very much under the weather. Their reports are not confirmed in all directions, but his son has said very directly to the

media, stop playing with his father's life, stop jesting or joking about whether he can or

cannot recover.

And, Ernesto, I puzzle.

Is this related to the assassination attempt?

The reporter that I have here says pneumonia.

He's in hospital.

Yes, John.

President Bolsonaro's health has never been the same since he suffered

his assassination attempt,

was stabbed, almost, he almost died because of a question of some millimeters.

He has not died back in 2018.

By the way, it was a left-wing militant, that activist that did the job, and it was never

fully tried for that. Anyway, he had his whole overall health

partially compromised by that. So everything that happens has to do directly or indirectly with

that condition. He had to suffer five or six surgeries since to keep, let's say, his functions

more or less working, but it's not the same thing. Now he has imprisoned in very bad conditions,

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