Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seemed to take a step back from the ledge on Thursday night, releasing a conciliatory statement two days after pledging to ignore Supreme Court rulings and declaring that only God could remove him from office. State of play: Bolsonaro addressed rallies of around 100,000 supporters in…

Truckers are halting traffic on several Brazilian highways in support of Bolsonaro, despite his pleading them to stop. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is to meet by videoconference on Thursday with truckers leading blockades of highways in multiple states across the country, the infrastructure ministry said. Stirred up by the president’s call…

Truckers block highways in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brazil. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Supreme Court leader’s comments come amid wave of verbal attacks by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro against court. The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court has said encouraging people to disobey the court’s rulings is an anti-democratic act, a day after President Jair Bolsonaro said he would not obey the decisions…

Thousands of supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have descended on Brazil's economic and political capitals, hoping to rally behind the embattled president, sparking fears of a military coup. Bolsonaro is expected to address packed Independence Day rallies in Brasilia and Sao Paulo on Tuesday. The president has called…

SÃO PAULO—More than 100,000 Brazilians took to the streets in nationwide rallies Tuesday in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, a show of force for the right-wing leader ahead of elections next year in which he will face a surging leftist challenger. Draped in Brazilian flags, supporters of the former army…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro raises his arms during Independence Day events…

1:30 PM IST, 06 Sep 20219:38 PM IST, 07 Sep 20211:30 PM IST, 06 Sep 20219:38 PM IST, 07 Sep 2021 (Bloomberg) -- President Jair Bolsonaro has urged Brazilians to come out in force on Tuesday to show their support for his government. It’s shaping up to be an all-or-nothing…

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his allies could be preparing to mount a military coup in Brazil, according to an influential group of former presidents, prime ministers and leading public figures on the left. An open letter claims rallies that Bolsonaro followers are staging on Tuesday represent a danger…

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