Brasilia

By Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalhaes Updated Jan. 9, 2023 9:18 pm ET BRASÍLIA—Brazilian authorities detained about 1,500 supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who had participated in riots that targeted the Congress and other buildings, as the government expanded an investigation into the mob and who might have financed it. Protesters…

Some 300 people reunited at the headquarters of Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, in Brasília to mark a “new era” for the institution and its “reopening” under the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Under the government of former president Jair Bolsonaro, Funai’s officials said they were “forced to…

Jair Bolsonaro. EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalised with abdominal pain, his wife said Monday, a day after his supporters invaded the seat of power in Brasilia. Media reports said Bolsonaro had been admitted to AdventHealth Celebration acute care hospital outside Orlando, Florida,…

Issued on: 09/01/2023 - 17:37Modified: 09/01/2023 - 17:57 00:57 Image de bureaux saccagés par des supporters de Bolsonaro © Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasilia on Sunday, ransacking Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court, in the worst attack on Brazil’s state…

Donald Trump had not, as of Monday morning, weighed in on Sunday's riots by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. But the former U.S. leader has made a string of supportive remarks about the Brazilian politician in the years leading up to the attack. Bolsonaro, a far-right figure who…

Brasilia: Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry. In stunning scenes reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 invasion of the…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The United States has a Jair Bolsonaro problem. The far-right former Brazilian president flew to Florida two days before his term ended on Jan. 1, having challenged the results of the Oct. 30 runoff election that he narrowly lost to leftist rival Luiz…

(Reuters) – Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Supreme Court and its Congressional building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia. Here are reactions from world leaders: United states president joe biden “I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes decided late on Sunday to remove Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha for 90 days alleging security flaws that allowed the invasion of government buildings by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro. Moraes also ruled that camps outside military bases set…

Pro-Bolsonaro protesters ransacked congress and stormed other government offices before security forces were able to regain control of the capital. As of late Sunday authorities had cleared them from government buildings and regained control of the main square in Brasilia. About 170 people have been detained so far.  Protesters were…