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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Bolsonaro attended meeting about plot to keep him in power, senator says
Senator says he was asked to get justice to make compromising comments on tape as Bolsonaro ‘sat in silence’A close ally of Jair Bolsonaro has turned against Brazil’s former president, claiming that an aide to the far-right leader tried to “coerce” him…
Jair Bolsonaro applies for six-month tourist visa to stay in US
Ex-Brazil president who has been in Florida since 30 December is being investigated for attempt to topple country’s governmentBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing investigation as part of an inquiry into alleged attempt to topple the…
Brazil’s female diplomats in new equality push after dark days of Bolsonaro
Movement to tackle lack of diversity within Brazil’s foreign office coincides with Lula’s return to powerMore than a century after Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes became, in 1918, the first woman to enter Brazil’s diplomatic service, the country’s …
Jair Bolsonaro accused of acts of genocide against Amazonian group
Brazilian president says predecessor emboldened wildcat miners which led to wrecked forests and disease and deaths of Indigenous groupBrazil’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has accused Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right administration of committing…
Lula sacks head of Brazilian army after far-right insurrection
Júlio Cesar de Arruda reportedly stopped police detaining suspected rioters who took refuge outside army headquarters The head of the Brazilian army has been sacked by the country’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after claims the commander t…
Brazil charges 39 with staging coup after storming of government buildings
Bolsonaro supporters are also accused of armed criminal association and violent attempt to subvert democratic state of lawThe office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented its first charges against some of the thousands of people who authorities …
After the rampage: Brazil’s new leaders to fight hard in wake of ‘insane’ coup attempt
Lula’s government claims it has ‘absolute control’ after storming of capital by Bolsonaro supporters, but failed putsch is not over, say insidersSônia Guajajara should have been making history last Tuesday afternoon, being sworn in as the head of Brazi…
Key Bolsonaro ally arrested on return to Brazil over alleged coup attempt
Former justice minister Anderson Torres was capital’s security chief when far-right rioters stormed government buildingsJair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of inquiry into far-right Brazil riotOne of Jair Bolsonaro’s key allies, the former justic…
Jair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of inquiry into far-right Brazil riot
Former president shared a video questioning last year’s election result after his supporters stormed Brasília’s democratic institutionsBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro will be investigated as part of an inquiry into an alleged attempt to topple…