Jair Bolsonaro
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Brazil marks 1 year since pro-Bolsonaro mob stormed capital over election lossOn Sunday night in the capital, Brasilia, the words “Democracy Unites Us” were projected on Congress' annex buildings that tower behind its chambers.WorldJan 8
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Bolsonaro supporter who stormed Brazil’s capital gets 17-year sentenceThe rioters refused to accept Bolsonaro's defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose inauguration took place one week before the uprising.WorldSep 14, 2023
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Trial begins for pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed Brazil’s top government officesThe rioters refused to accept the right-wing leader's defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose inauguration took place one week before the uprising.WorldSep 13, 2023
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Brazil’s Lula restricts civilian gun possession, reversing Bolsonaro policyThe new decree reduces the number of guns civilians can possess for personal safety from four to two, reduces allowed ammunition and requires documentation to hold the weapons.WorldJul 21, 2023
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro barred from office until 2030, court rulesIn her decisive vote that formed a majority, Judge Carmen Lucia — who is also a Supreme Court justice — said "the facts are incontrovertible.”PoliticsJun 30, 2023
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Key Brazilian electoral judge votes to bar Bolsonaro from office until 2030The vote by Benedito Goncalves, the lead justice in the case against Bolsonaro, does not amount to a full conviction, but may set the tone for subsequent judge's votes.WorldJun 27, 2023
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces being barred from office as trial beginsBolsonaro complained he was getting unfair treatment compared with Lula, and said the "unbelievable" case against him was a politically-motivated hit job.WorldJun 22, 2023
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Bolsonaro says he intends to return to Brazil in coming weeksThe comment during an event at an evangelical church in Florida was the first time that Bolsonaro has made a statement in public about returning home.WorldFeb 11, 2023
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Bolsonaro questions Brazil election defeat, defends tenureFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday expressed bafflement at how he could have lost October's election, then smiled silently as a crowd of supporters cried, "Fraud!"WorldFeb 3, 2023
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Bolsonaro to face probe over alleged incitement of Brazil capital riot, court rulesAuthorities are investigating who enabled Bolsonaro's radical supporters to storm the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace in an attempt to overturn his election loss.WorldJan 13, 2023
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