Jair Bolsonaro Brazil

• Bolsonaro says he intends to return to Brazil in coming weeks

  The 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.

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  Feb 11, 2023
  
• Bolsonaro questions Brazil election defeat, defends tenure

  Former 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!"

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  Feb 3, 2023
  
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• Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazilian government sites in grim echo of U.S. capitol attack

  Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress in the capital on Sunday, climbing on top of its roof and breaking the glass in its windows.

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  Jan 8, 2023
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• Brazil election: Man with explosive device, knife detained at Lula inauguration

  Brazilian police detained a man on Sunday with an explosive device and a knife who was trying to enter Brasilia's esplanade for President-elect's inauguration.

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  Jan 1, 2023
• Brazilian truckers block roads in protest of Bolsonaro’s election defeat to Lula

  Some truckers at roadblocks called for a military coup to prevent Lula becoming president, as protests spread across the country and threatened to cause economic chaos.

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  Oct 31, 2022
• Brazil election: Lula defeats Bolsonaro in presidential comeback

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took an early lead in the initial vote tally of Sunday's presidential election, ahead of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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  Oct 30, 2022
• Brazil’s Bolsonaro defies polls as far-right outperforms in election

  The most-trusted opinion polls had indicated leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was far out front, and potentially even clinching a first-round victory.

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  Oct 3, 2022
• Lula, Bolsonaro head to runoff after tight Brazil election

  The race pits incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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  Oct 2, 2022
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• Brazil party official shot dead as political violence escalates pre-election

  A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.

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  Jul 10, 2022
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• Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized with ‘intestinal obstruction’

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a Sao Paulo hospital for tests early Monday after experiencing abdominal discomfort, the government said in a statement.

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  Jan 3, 2022