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 […]
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Judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro’s ex-minister after Brasilia rampage
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 […]
Over 1,500 Bolsonaro supporters detained after Brasilia riots
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 […]
Brazil police amass at camp of Bolsonaro’s backers after riot
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 / […]
Bolsonaro backers ransack key Brazilian government buildings
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 Bolsonaro lands in Florida, avoiding Lula handover
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 Brazil’s defeated Bolsonaro attack police headquarters
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 […]
Lula ticket sues Bolsonaro, sons for abuses during Brazil’s election
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 […]
Bolsonaro does not concede to Lula, but begins transition
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 […]
Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro trade graft accusations in final debate
(From left to right) Brazilian presidential candidates Jair Bolsonaro (PL), Padre Kelmon (PTB), Luiz Felipe D'Avila (Novo), Soraya Thronike (Uniao), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), Simone Tebet (MDB) and Ciro Gomes (PDT) pose before a presidential debate ahead of the October 2 general election, at the Globo television network in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, […]
Bolsonaro says to respect Brazil poll result if ‘clean, transparent’
Brazilian President who is running for reelection, Jair Bolsonaro, waves during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Aug 16, 2022. (SILVIA IZQUIERDO / AP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would respect the result of an October election regardless of the result, as long as […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro launches re-election bid, says army on his side
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to supporters during a rally to launch his reelection bid, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2022. (BRUNA PRAD / AP PHOTO) RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicked off his candidacy for re-election at a party event in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday with a […]