Former U.S. President Donald Trump, running for the presidency once more, was the victim of an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last weekend. He escaped with a wounded right ear, and has later publicly appeared with it bandaged.
Such violence is not unique to the U.S., though. Over the last couple of years, we have seen several, equally risky occurrences, including the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, and attempts to assassinate former Argentina VP Cristina Kirchner, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and his running mate Karin Herrera.
It doesn’t end there. In fact, it gets worse. Within the first half of 2024, Brazil has recorded 187 episodes of political violence. Notably, in the past, many political figures of high influence have suffered serious violence. You no doubt remember the life-threatening stabbing of former President Jair Bolsonaro during a 2018 campaign rally. And Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco was assassinated in 2018.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his family were recently victims of assault at an airport in Rome.
As politics become more and more polarized, politicians are potentially noting the importance of being aware of their surroundings and thinking before they say things that might put them in danger. After all, even Donald Trump, being protected by several secret service agents, came close to assassination.
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