Marcus, for those who are not too familiar with Brazilian politics, can you frame why this election matters to us here in the US, as well as offer your analysis on what happened last night?

Sure.

So this election is massively important in, in the US, and I'll highlight two of the biggest reasons why.

Uh, on the one hand, Brazil is about 50% of South America's land mass, but it's also its biggest economy.

Uh, it's the biggest democracy in the Americas other than the United States when you talk about population.

Uh, Brazil has a specific problem with organized crime, and we're talking transnational organized crime.

So two Brazilian cartels, the PCC and the CV, have been designated as FTOs, foreign terrorist organizations, by the second Trump administration, the current administration.

Where does China sit particularly in all of this in helping one party or another or its interests?

Marcus, for those who are not too familiar with Brazilian politics, can you frame why this election matters to us here in the US, as well as offer your analysis on what happened last night?

Sure.

So this election is massively important in, in the US, and I'll highlight two of the biggest reasons why.

Uh, on the one hand, Brazil is about 50% of South America's land mass, but it's also its biggest economy.

Uh, it's the biggest democracy in the Americas other than the United States when you talk about population.

Uh, Brazil has a specific problem with organized crime, and we're talking transnational organized crime.

So two Brazilian cartels, the PCC and the CV, have been designated as FTOs, foreign terrorist organizations, by the second Trump administration, the current administration.

Where does China sit particularly in all of this in helping one party or another, or its interests?