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Montevideo, April 16th 2024 - 06:39 UTC

Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

  • Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Bolsonaro insists he was not behind Jan. 8 riots

    Bolsonaro had said that Lula had not been elected by the people but by the courts of justice

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denied being behind the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia whereby some of his followers were trying to lure the Armed Forces into staging a coup d'état against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Why was Lula not quite welcome in Lisbon?

    Brazil's President landed in Portugal on an official visit seeking to reverse the isolation from the Bolsonar years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday landed in Lisbon for the first stop of his European tour seeking to overcome the isolation the South American country sank into under Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was not all cheers and smiles following his remarks regarding Ukraine and Russia, whom he both blamed for starting the current war.

  • Saturday, April 15th 2023 - 08:33 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro's disenfranchisement requested

    Bolsonaro is believed to have committed “abuse of power” when he summoned the foreign diplomatic corps to warn them of an alleged glitch with the electronic ballot boxes

    Brazil's Electoral Public Prosecutor's Office requested the disenfranchisement of former President Jair Bolsonaro, it was reported. The former head of state has been charged with “abuse of power” for casting doubts about the legitimacy of the electoral system and the electronic ballot boxes in use since 1996.

  • Sunday, April 2nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Bolsonaro given 2 days to reply to TSE, faces disenfranchisement

    Bolsonaro is under investigation for speaking evil of Brazil's electronic ballot box without supporting evidence

    Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Gonçalves gave former President Jair Bolsonaro two working days to submit his closing arguments in a case that may render him ineligible for public office, Agencia Brasil reported Saturday.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Bolsonaro returns to Brazil despite being under investigation

    Bolsonaro plans to regroup Brazil's rightwing forces against Lula

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed in Brasilia on a Gol Airlines flight from Orlando at 6.37 am local time Thursday after having left the country while he was still head of state in late December to skip Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's inauguration.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2023 - 15:41 UTC

    Jair Bolsonaro: “it never crossed our mind” to stage a coup d'état

    Bolsonaro had announced over the weekend that he would return to Brazil on Thursday

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stated that he “never” considered staging a coup. The former president is currently being investigated by the Brazilian Supreme Court for “inciting” his followers to violently invade the headquarters of the three branches of government on January 8th.

  • Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Bolsonaro returning to Brazil on March 30

    Ciro Nogueira confirmed he will be at Brasilia's airport on Thursday to welcome Bolsonaro back to the country

    Former President Jair Bolsonaro will be returning to Brazil on March 30 after leaving the country in late December even before completing his 4-year term as head of state, in a move to avoid attending current President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's Jan. 1 inauguration, it was announced.

  • Thursday, March 16th 2023 - 06:39 UTC

    Bolsonaro has five days to deliver Saudi Arabian jewelry

    Bolsonaro kept a second bundle of luxury items, which entered Brazilian territory undetected

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given five days by his country's Court of Audit of the Union (TCU) Wednesday to hand over the jewelry received in 2021 from Saudi Arabia.

  • Wednesday, March 15th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Bolsonaro wants TCU to hold the jewels pending a final ruling

    TCU Justice Nardes had appointed Bolsonaro as a trustee of the items pending a final decision

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday asked the Federal Court of Audit (TCU) to keep in its possession a set of jewels received as a gift from Saudi Arabia, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Brazilian magistrate says Bolsonaro may not wear or use Arabian jewels

    Justice Nardes is known to be close to Bolsonaro

    A magistrate from Brazil's Court of Audit (TCU) Thursday banned former President Jair Bolsonaro from wearing and selling jewelry worth R$ 400,000 (around US$ 77,430) brought from Saudi Arabia which the once head of state allegedly admitted having received.