News of vice president

Geraldo Alckmin, Lula’s rival-turned-vice-president, finds himself in unwanted limelight

19-12-2024 08:17 For decades, he was President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political rival. Now his boss’s health issues have put Geraldo Alckmin at the centre of questions about Brazil’s future.

Alberto González: ESMA torturer – and vice-president’s mentor

29-03-2024 21:02 He headed the dreaded “underground” of the ESMA Navy Mechanics School concentration camp. Convicted for crimes against humanity, Alberto González was also the first dictatorship-era criminal to be sentenced for rape. He is also the mentor of Argentina’s Vice-President Victoria Villarruel.

by Juan Luis González

Florencio Randazzo: ‘If Milei is so awful, you should ask the politicians what happened’

23-09-2023 05:55 Florencio Randazzo, vice-presidential candidate for Hacemos por Nuestro País, on why he is “ashamed” of the current government, how the main coalitions benefit from polarisation and why Javier Milei’s rhetoric isn’t so irrational.

by Jorge Fontevecchia