Grab taken from a handout video released by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on his YouTube account on Nov 2, 2022, where he told his supporters that the world will not end on Jan 1 when rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes office, in Brasilia, on Dec 30, 2022. (HANDOUT / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO'S […]
A reveller takes part in the "Desliga da Justiça" street carnival group parade, which has superheroes as a theme, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA — Brazil's former far-right president dismantled all government cultural programs and blocked funding for institutions and artists, the country's new Culture Minister Margareth […]
President of Brazil's Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, gestures during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Brazilian senate at the Federal Senate plenary in Brasilia on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazil's Congress on Wednesday re-elected the leaders of both chambers who were backed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a […]
In this photo taken on Jan 9, 2023, Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro lies on his hospital bed in Kissimmee, Florida. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON — Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday, despite calls for any US visas […]
Mounted police watch as supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro depart their encampment outside army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil on Jan 9, 2023, the day after Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital. (GUSTAVO MORENO / AP) BRASILIA – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital's most […]
The Senate president's office entrance is destroyed the day after Congress was stormed by supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 9, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA/ORLANDO, Florida – Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of […]
A demonstrator looks at mounted police forces while soldiers dismantle a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on January 9, 2023, a day after backers of the ex-president invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. (MAURO PIMENTEL / […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks in Planalto Palace after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 8, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA – Supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded and defaced the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on […]
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the closing session of the thematic group of the transition government in Brasilia, on Dec 13, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday under tightened security in the Brazilian capital […]
Grab taken from a handout video released by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on his YouTube account on Nov 2, 2022, where he told his supporters that the world will not end on Jan 1 when rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes office, in Brasilia, on Dec 30, 2022. (HANDOUT / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO'S […]
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration against the presidential election results that elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the new President at an improvised campsite in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on Dec 29, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian police said they had arrested at least […]
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clash with police setting fire to several vehicles and allegedly trying to storm the headquarters of the Federal Police in Brasilia, Brazil on Dec 12, 2022. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA – Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in […]
This combination of pictures created on Aug 16, 2022 shows Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (left) speaking during the launching of his re-election campaign on Aug 16, 2022 and Brazilian presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party and former President (2003-2010), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, delivering a speech during the launching of his campaign for […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — The head of Brazil's electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 1, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro makes a statement for the first time since the presidential run-off election held on Oct 30, at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival […]
People attend a protest over Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro's defeat in the presidential run-off election, in Anapolis, Goias state, Brazil, Nov 2, 2022. Signs read: "Federal intervention." (UESLEI MARCELINO / REUTERS) SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO – Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday held rallies to call for an armed forces intervention following the […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (right) arrives to speak from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov 1, 2022. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday's election, saying protests by his supporters were […]
Brazilian President and re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro arrives to vote at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct 30, 2022, during the presidential run-off election. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) BRASILIA/SAO PAULO – President Jair Bolsonaro will not publicly address his defeat in Brazil's presidential election until Tuesday, a minister said, amid doubts […]
Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct 30, 2022. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) BRASILIA – Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) won the second round of presidential elections on […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, leaves the polling post where he voted in the general election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 2, 2022. (ANDRE COELHO / POOL / AP) BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President […]