Latin America correspondent for the @guardian based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 via London 🇬🇧, Beijing 🇨🇳 and Mexico City 🇲🇽 Say hello: tom.phillips@theguardian.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3mr3jmbamyk2nThe Guardian spent two days touring the destruction in the Sararé Indigenous territory with government forces, the only foreign media organisation given permission to visit the embattled area, where about 200 members of the Nambiquara people live. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3jmbamyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3melgicygk225"In more than two dozen interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieced together the story of the bloodiest day in Rio’s modern history" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/rio-bloodiest-day-untold-story-brazil-most-deadly-police-raid11 Feb 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3melgicygk225https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3madvqgetjc2nOur @theguardian.com podcast 'Missing in the Amazon' about Bruno Pereira & Dom Phillips is one of the @economist.com's best podcasts of 2025! https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/12/18/the-best-podcasts-of-202519 Dec 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3madvqgetjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m7pmdvk66c2v“To fulfill her promise of reuniting Venezuela’s families, she first had to follow the path of the exiles who went before her" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize-venezuela-escape11 Dec 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pmdvk66c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m7i6fk34d22s"The last thing we want is for South America to become a war zone – and a war zone that would inevitably not just be a war between the US and Venezuela. It would end up having global involvement and this would be really unfortunate" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser08 Dec 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i6fk34d22shttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m7aalbsrzk2rTalking Venezuela, Latin America & Trump on today's Politics Weekly America podcast with @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7aalbsrzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m6wzy6a6j22w“It just shows that the entire counter-drug effort of Donald Trump is a charade” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/01/trump-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-former-president?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other01 Dec 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wzy6a6j22whttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m6oomfsxas2f“The unexpectedly lethargic response to Jair Bolsonaro’s incarceration has caused some to wonder if his grip over the Brazilian right has been shattered” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/support-dissolves-as-jair-bolsonaro-starts-jail-term?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other28 Nov 2025 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6oomfsxas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m6hzvestk22527 years in a 12 sq meter room https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-prison?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other25 Nov 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hzvestk225https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m6akfcm5oc2kBolsonaro says he took a soldering iron to his ankle tag out of “curiosity” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6akfcm5oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m67t4lmxpc2g“Moraes said Bolsonaro’s electronic ankle monitor had been tampered with at 12.08am on Saturday. That suggested “the convict had planned to break the ankle monitor in order to ensure the success of his escape, aided by the confusion caused by the protest” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/far-right-former-president-jair-bolsonaro-arrested-in-brazil?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other22 Nov 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m67t4lmxpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m62mnjke4s2e“Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be put in solitary confinement or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We want him to receive dignified treatment – but dignified treatment in prison,” said ⁦‪@reimont.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/20/jair-bolsonaro-prison-former-president-brazil?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other20 Nov 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62mnjke4s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m5tj7g7uyk2zOver the moon that our Bruno and Dom podcast Missing in the Amazon has been nominated for a Rose D’Or! 🙏🏽17 Nov 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tj7g7uyk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m5qohhtro22mOn the eve of Chile's presidential election today, we followed the footsteps of the far-right favorite, José Antonio Kast, to its most northerly village, in the Andes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/jose-antonio-kast-trump-inspired-frontrunner-chile-president16 Nov 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qohhtro22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m5gjsjkmls2g“An iron fist! That’s what we need! Like a Bukele!”: the ultra-conservative politician José Antonio Kast closes in on the presidency in Chile with a Trumpian pitch on crime & immigration https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/jose-antonio-kast-trump-inspired-frontrunner-chile-president12 Nov 2025 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gjsjkmls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m4xil7yyok2wIn 1988, on the eve of Just Cause, the US indicted Noriega for drug smuggling – just as they have w/ Maduro who recently had a $50m bounty put on his head. “So they’ve established a convenient pretext if they choose to pursue a military route” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/venezuela-panama-invasion-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other06 Nov 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xil7yyok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m4krwiyx5k25“It’s so sad to see what’s happening in our communities. It’s terrible what the people who live there are going through … Those who live in war zones will understand this pain, this despair and this revolt.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/thousands-join-protests-in-rio-favela-after-deadliest-ever-police-race?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other01 Nov 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4krwiyx5k25https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m4e4wrncgc2yBetween 4.15am and 9am, when government body collectors finally arrived, the Guardian witnessed pick up trucks delivering dozens of corpses to a square in Vila Cruzeiro named after Saint Luke the Evangelist. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/favela-reeling-rio-deadliest-police-raid-brazil29 Oct 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4e4wrncgc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m4bt733bzc23"This doesn’t solve the problem,” said Rene Silva, from @vozdascomunidades.com.br “Rio’s crime problem needs to be combated in other places – not just in the favelas" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/brazil-rio-at-war-police-drug-raids-favelas28 Oct 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bt733bzc23https://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m43tq5jvj22gNot AI26 Oct 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m43tq5jvj22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m3urvf5pdc2e“He’s not Joe Biden,” Lula’s friend and biographer, Fernando Morais, tells me. “He’s someone who has astounding physical energy, not to mention the energy of his soul” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/brazil-lula-president-fourth-term?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other23 Oct 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3urvf5pdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tomphillips.bsky.social/post/3m3rxw5ul422xA Venezuela mission would not be the first in Latin America & the Caribbean conducted by the Night Stalkers, whose pilots specialise in infiltrating and exfiltrating special forces troops – called “customers” – from hostile places, nearly always at night. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/us-night-stalkers-caribbean-fears-regime-change-venezuela-nicolas-maduro?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other22 Oct 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:6ht5cj2lcw3kt7effuil5ppp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rxw5ul422x