• Associate Editor and Research Associate, Latin America

Luiza Bandeira

Luiza Bandeira is the associate editor and a research associate for Latin America at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in Colombia.

Luiza Bandeira is a Brazilian multimedia journalist with 10 years’ experience. She has worked for the BBC World Service, in London, and with some of the most important news outlets in Brazil, such as Folha de S.Paulo and Nexo. During the 2018 elections, Luiza was the leader of El Poder de Elegir Brasil, a fact-checking project focused on WhatsApp. She is currently a researcher for the DFRLab (Digital Forensics Research Lab), a center of the DC-based think tank Atlantic Council. As a researcher, she investigates disinformation campaigns in Latin America. She has obtained an MSc in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics.

December 2021

How the Chilean elections unfolded on Twitter

by Luiza Bandeira, Esteban Ponce de León

“Far-right” and “far-left” were among the most used terms, with pro-Kast hashtags prevailing.
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November 2021

Multi-platform troll farm linked to Nicaraguan government

by Daniel Suárez Pérez, Esteban Ponce de León, Luiza Bandeira

Inauthentic network targeted domestic audiences in the lead-up to Nicaragua’s November 2021 general election
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September 2021

Anonymous Facebook pages heavily promoted Brazil’s pro-Bolsonaro marches

by Luiza Bandeira

September 7 rallies called for anti-democratic measures; at least two pages appear to be connected to larger organized networks
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