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Former Brazilian far-right president Jair Bolsonaro appeared before federal police on Wednesday to testify over anti-government riots by his supporters in January, a police source told AFP. Bolsonaro is being investigated for his alleged role in masterminding and instigating the riots that sought the overthrow of his successor, President Luiz…

/ Americas Issued on: 14/04/2023 - 22:02Modified: 14/04/2023 - 22:11 Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during the "Power of The People" event hosted by Turning Point USA at Trump National Doral Miami Resort in Doral, Florida, USA, February 3, 2023. © Marco Bello, Reuters A Supreme Court judge…

On 8 January, Bolsonaro's far-right supporters broke into and vandalised the nation's Congress, presidential mansion, and Supreme Court in protest of their candidate's loss to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the previous election FP Staff April 15, 2023 00:56:17 IST Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro. Reuters File…

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A damning report confirms what many environmentalists already knew: that the destruction of nature in Brazil from 2019 to 2022 was a deliberate campaign of sabotage led by the government of the time.The report compiled four years of data to describe record levels of land invasions, illegal mining and Amazon…

On 30 October last year, Jair Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s presidential election, making Bolsonaro the first incumbent to fail to be re-elected in Brazil since redemocratisation. A week after Lula’s inauguration, Brazil’s congress, presidential palace and supreme court were invaded by thousands of supporters…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to return to the country after a self-imposed exile stint in Florida in an effort to lead the opposition to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  Reuters reported that thousands of supporters are predicted to show up at Brasilia’s airport in a…

Brazil’s ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has returned from his self-imposed exile in the United States. The far-right former leader landed in the capital, Brasilia, on a commercial flight from Florida, where he spent the past three months. Supporters draped in Brazil’s flag shouted “legend”, but the former leader was led out…

(Bloomberg) -- After three months of vacation in Florida, Jair Bolsonaro is finally returning to Brazil on Thursday to assume the role of opposition leader and challenge the leftist government of his foe Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Most Read from Bloomberg Trump Is Indicted in New York Over Stormy…

A Brazilian court ruled Wednesday ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has five days to hand over pricey jewelry he received as a present from Saudi Arabia, and ordered an audit of all official gifts during his presidency. The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), which oversees the government coffers, also ordered the far-right…