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Brazil's Police Search Home of Ex-President Bolsonaro in Fake Vaccine Card Case
Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Questioned About Gifts of Diamond Jewelry
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone questioning about diamond jewelry gifts when he was in power, as part of an investigation into whether he engaged in any irregularities in bringing the items into Brazil.
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Bolsonaro Returns to Brazil After 3-Month Stint in Florida
Former President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to Brazil after a three-month stint in Florida following his election loss. The right-wing populist told supporters after he arrived that he doesn’t think leftists will be in power in Brazil for long. Bolsonaro, who is the subject of several investigations that could stymie any attempts at a political comeback, arrived in a capital...
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Brazil's Lula Aims to Stop Illegal Deforestation of Amazon and Protect Rainforest
Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters sympathetic to their causes were important to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election to a third term as Brazil’s president.
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Brazil Charges Dozens in Pro-Bolsonaro Riots, With More Expected
Authorities have charged dozens of people accused of rioting in Brazil’s capital to overturn former President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent election defeat.
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Thousands Demonstrate Across Brazil Demanding Prosecution of Capital Rioters
Thousands of protesters in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo demanded “No amnesty!” Monday, following a riot that invaded the heart of Brazil’s capital Sunday in an effort to reinstall former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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As Brazil Reels From Riots, Bolsonaro Hospitalized in Florida
As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flocked to cheer on their ousted president.
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Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters Attack Brazil Government Buildings, Hundreds Arrested
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the capital city Sunday in an attack condemned by President Joe Biden and other world leaders.
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Brazil's Lula Sworn In to Lead Much More Divided Brazil
Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as president in the capital, Brasilia, assuming office for the third time after thwarting outgoing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection bid.
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Brazil's Lula Picks Amazon Defender for ‘Zero Deforestation' Agenda
Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment.
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Lula's Team Meets Bolsonaro as Tense Transition Begins
President Jair Bolsonaro has met briefly with the envoy coordinating the transfer of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Da Silva Defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil's Presidential Election
Brazil’s electoral authority says that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president.
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Bolsonaro, Lula Headed to Runoff After Tighter Than Predicted Brazil Election
Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office.