“Pave the way for Bolsonaro’s return to the presidency,” YouTube star-turned-congressman Gustavo Geyer said in a video. “Bolsonaro is the face of the right in Brazil,” supporter Cassia Cristina told AFP in Rio de Janeiro. “His name revived the right wing and patriotism in this country,” said the 32-year-old seller. The return home could re-energize […]
Biden meeting In the interview, Lula reiterated that he would meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on February 10, after receiving an invitation when the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies discussed the Brasilia riots by phone. The Brazilian uprising was similar to the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol […]
The Bolsonaro video was posted online but later removed two days after the violent storming of the president, Congress and the Supreme Court. The PGR explained that even though the video appeared after the mutiny, it could serve as “a possible connection” that warrants a “global investigation into the acts committed by the defendants before […]
The police force responsible for public security in the Brazilian capital did not stop the crowd from advancing on the building, and some were seen in social media images taking selfies and interacting with protesters. It was only after Lula ordered the federal government to intervene with local security that riot police dispersed the crowd […]
US lawmakers’ allies on the January 6 Committee have engaged in preliminary talks to cooperate with Brazilian lawmakers calling for a military coup to overthrow the president by protesters, according to two people familiar with the matter. Investigating the storm in the capital, Brasilia. US Representative Benny Thompson, chairman of the recently disbanded House of […]
“Now we are going to rest and prepare ourselves for another fight because if they think they will scare us, they are very wrong,” Agostinho Ribeiro, an independent supporter of Bolsonaro, told AFP. He said the treatment of detainees at a police gymnasium was humiliating and compared it to a Nazi concentration camp, blaming the […]
Roughly 1,500 detainees were held for interrogation in a police gymnasium, where they slept on the ground, some wrapped in Brazilian flags, and complained to a Reuters journalist that they had been held indefinitely and in poor condition. Food was given. Videos posted on social media showed him singing the song and taking a selfie […]
Brasilia/Orlando, Florida reuters Right-wing Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday as more than 1,500 of his supporters besieged Brasilia after a storm stormed the capital over the weekend. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist who took office on January 1 after defeating Bolsonaro in an […]
Demonstrator Sara Lima told AFP they were demanding a review of the “fraudulent election”. Lula won the runoff by a score of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent. Bolsonaro, who left for the US state of Florida on the second-to-last day of his term, has alleged that he is the victim of a conspiracy against him […]
Peruvian Foreign Ministry “The Government of Peru strongly condemns the attack on the Headquarters of Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court of Brazil and any attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the October 2022 elections. Our solidarity with President Lula and Brazilian democracy.” Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso “I condemn the acts of disrespect and […]
Janja – who helped organize Lula’s election certification and Sunday’s inauguration, as well as advice on cabinet choices – was among hundreds of PT true-believers who camped outside his prison in the southern city of Curitiba . “Good morning, President Lula,” his devotees would chant as the start of the day, followed by “Good night, […]
