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Brazilian police indict ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in case of embezzlement, misappropriating jewellery
This is the second time police have formally indicted Bolsonaro for a crime. He was earlier charged in March with forging his COVID-19 vaccine records.
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Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records
The sources further told that Bolsonaro was indicted on charges of entering false data into the country's Unified Health System (SUS) and forming a criminal organisation
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Brazil’s ex-prez Bolsonaro mulled a coup after election defeat, military leaders reveal to police
On January 8, 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed government buildings, including the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, and shut down highways after his loss.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro denies coup allegations at rally with tens of thousands supporters, says 'What is a coup?'
Hitting out at the election ban that has seen him barred from seeking office for eight years, Jair Bolsonaro said, "We cannot accept that an authority can eliminate whoever it may be from the…
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Brazil police to seize former prez Bolsonaro’s passport, arrest close aides amid alleged coup investigation
The coup attempt in question was when thousands of supporters of the former president stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court last year in January after Bolsanaro lost to…
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Brazilian president-elect Lula to meet Biden at White House before taking office next year
Kirby told reporters that Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will be travelling to Brazil on Monday to meet Lula's team.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro contests election results, alleges voting machines had 'signs of serious failures'
They claim that older models of the voting machines showed "signs of serious failures that generate uncertainties and make it impossible to validate the results generated". As a result, they…
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Brazil prez polls: No signs of Bolsonaro conceding defeat as Lula celebrates spectacular win
Lula, 77, secured 50.90 per cent of votes compared to far-right Bolsonaro's 49.10 per cent, in one of the most polarised election campaigns the country has ever witnessed
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'Tell me you aren't leftist,' 'Won't enjoy beer with a right-winger': Brazil election takes over dating apps
As incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gear up for a face-off, their respective supporters are waging an ideological war of their own on dating sites
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'I'd eat an Indian': Bolsonaro's old video goes viral, Brazil oppn slams him
Judge Paulo de Tarso Sanseverino of the Superior Electoral Tribunal who had the ad taken down said that it was "out of context," and that the interview had been edited to change its original…
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'The war in Ukraine would not have happened' if Donald Trump was 'still in power,' says Jair Bolsonaro
Speaking to the news magazine Veja, Bolsonaro also said that he had a good in-person meeting with Trump's successor Joe Biden. However, he asserted that if his close ally Trump was still in office…
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Brazil elections: Da Silva calls Jair Bolsonaro a 'cheap copy' of Donald Trump
Bolsonaro frequently asserts, with little proof, that the system is fraudulent, generating concerns that, should he lose the election in Brazil in October, he might not accept the results
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'Coward' Jair Bolsonaro gets into a spat, tries to snatch phone off heckler. Watch video here!
Video of the altercation outside the presidential mansion shows Bolsonaro grabbing the heckler in an apparent attempt to take his phone, as the man recorded himself criticising the far-right…
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Gloves off in Brazil as Lula, Bolsonaro officially start courting voters
In a video shared on social media early on Tuesday, Lula claimed that under Bolsonaro, hunger had returned to Brazil and that families unable to make ends meet on minimum wage were being affected…
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says he knows how the Russia-Ukraine war could be resolved
Russia-Ukraine war: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday (July 14) said that he knows how the war between Russia and Ukraine could be 'resolved'
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Even as billionaire Elon Musk denies sexual harassment allegations, Tesla’s shares nosedive
In a luxurious resort in Sao Paulo state on Friday, SpaceX CEO Musk met Bolsonaro to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest. The meeting was organised by Communications…
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Brazil's Bolsonaro gets trolled hard for downplaying military's viagra, penile implants order
Just two days after the revelations were made by congressman Eliaz Vaz, Bolsonaro the far-right president during a meeting with Evangelical Christian ministers at the presidential palace said that…
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'You are beyond essential': On women's day, Brazil's sexist President backtracks from 'menstrual poverty' row
Bolsonaro has a history of making anti-women, sexist remarks, including saying to a congresswoman in 2014 that she was 'not worth raping' because she was 'too ugly'
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'Vaccine sceptic' Bolsonaro criticises health regulator, dismisses vaccinating children
Bolsonaro said vaccinations could cause side effects in children, but provided no evidence to support his claim. Globally, Anvisa and health regulators have concluded that COVID-19 vaccines are…
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised after experiencing abdominal pain
Bolsonaro's doctor Antonio Luiz Macedo told local news media that he might need treatment for a probable intestinal obstruction
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Bolsonaro threatens disclosing names of officials who approved Covid jabs for children
Bolsonaro decided that the logical move was to reveal the names of all the officials who have helped in getting the approval for Pfizer vaccine for children
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21 Brazilian scientists reject prestigious medal in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro
The scientists protested against Bolsonaro for withdrawing the names of two scientists from the list whose work reportedly “unnerved” the far-right president.
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In Pics : Brazil's Bolsonaro met with protests in Italy visit
Jair Bolsonaro was greeted by jeering protesters on Tuesday when he visited the Italian city of Pistoia to pay homage to a war memorial dedicated to…
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Trump announces support for Bolsonaro as Brazil Senate backs criminal charges
Former US President Donald Trump announced support for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the 2022 elections in the country. The endorsement comes when the Brazilian Senate recommended…
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Bolsonaro says he is 'guilty of nothing' as committee accuses him of 'crimes against humanity'
As per the final draft of the report, Bolsonaro should be charged with nine different offenses for pandemic such as crimes against humanity, propagation of pathogenic germs, fraud/ charlatanism…
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Brazilian police treats Supreme Court bomb blast as 'terror attack', says was 'planned over a long period'
The two explosions, set off by a man who died during a failed attack late Wednesday, could have also been a violent attempt to overthrow "democratic rule of law," Rodrigues told a news conference…
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Brazilian police indict ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in case of embezzlement, misappropriating jewellery
This is the second time police have formally indicted Bolsonaro for a crime. He was earlier charged in March with forging his COVID-19 vaccine records.
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Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records
The sources further told that Bolsonaro was indicted on charges of entering false data into the country's Unified Health System (SUS) and forming a criminal organisation
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Brazil’s ex-prez Bolsonaro mulled a coup after election defeat, military leaders reveal to police
On January 8, 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed government buildings, including the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, and shut down highways after his loss.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro denies coup allegations at rally with tens of thousands supporters, says 'What is a coup?'
Hitting out at the election ban that has seen him barred from seeking office for eight years, Jair Bolsonaro said, "We cannot accept that an authority can eliminate whoever it may be from the…
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Brazil police to seize former prez Bolsonaro’s passport, arrest close aides amid alleged coup investigation
The coup attempt in question was when thousands of supporters of the former president stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court last year in January after Bolsanaro lost to…
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Brazil intelligence agency’s second-in-command fired in Bolsonaro illegal spying probe
Alessandro Moretti, second-in-command at the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) is under investigation by the federal police which is looking into a clandestine government network which…
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Brazil: Congressional committee into Jan 8 insurrection recommends criminal charges against Jair Bolsonaro
On Wednesday, a congressional probe into the January 8 insurrection recommended that the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies should be charged with an…
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Brazil intends to restore trade and political ties with Cuba
The relations between Brazil and Cuba were strong during Lula's leftist Workers Party's regime, which was between the years 2003 and 2016. The ties were strained when far-right former President…
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Brazil: Bolsonaro's legal troubles mount as SC Justice authorises probe into his finances
In the latest turn of events, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has authorised investigators to access Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle's confidential phone and bank records
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Bolsonaro's troubles deepen: Hacker claims former prez offered him 'blank cheque' to tamper with EVM
Jair Bolsonaro reportedly sought Walter Delgatti's help to hack an electronic voting machine to prove his claims that Brazil's electoral system was susceptible to fraud during last year's…
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Brazil: Police raid Bolsonaro aides over jewels probe
Bolsonaro, a divisive right-winger has categorically denied allegations of wrongdoing. His lawyers have said that he "never appropriated or misappropriated any public good," in a statement posted…
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Brazil ex-prez Bolsonaro hands over undeclared Saudi ‘gifts’ worth thousands of dollars to authorities
According to media accounts, the first set of jewels is valued at $3.2 million and the second set is worth at least $75,000. Some of these were reportedly given to the former president's wife as a…
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Brazil prez Lula’s ultimatum to Bolsonaro: ‘Return by March end or face the music’
The 67-year-old firebrand leader has been on a vacation trip to Florida since before the end of his term last year. On January 30, the right-wing leader applied for a six-month US visa despite…
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At White House meet, Joe Biden and Brazil President Lula vow to protect democracy
Biden and Lula pledged to protect democracies as both leaders find common ground in the backdrop of the Capitol riots in US and protesters invading the Brazil's President’s Palace earlier.
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Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro's spending records show his love of high living, splurge on ice cream
At hotels, over 12,000 reais (£2000) or $2,168 were spent on steak at a restaurant, and more than 50,000 reais ($9,811) spent at a Rio de Janeiro bakery
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Bolsonaro ‘wrecked’ Brazil’s iconic presidential palace before leaving: Report
Jair Bolsonaro left Brasilia on the eve of Brazil’s current President Lula da Silva’s swearing in. Bolsonaro is currently in Florida.
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Norway announces it will once again back 'globally significant' fund to save Amazon forest
Announcing the revival of the fund that is aimed at fighting the removal of vegetation in the Amazon, Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide said "Brazil's new President…
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Brazil: Outgoing President Bolsonaro lands in US ahead of Lula's inauguration
After Bolsonaro's sudden exit, Vice President Hamilton Maurao has taken over as the acting President of Brazil. However, Mourao will not give the presidential sash to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.…
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Brazil: President Bolsonaro breaks post-poll silence, hails armed forces as followers call for coup
Bolsonaro has not recognised Lula's victory against him in October elections.
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In Pics : Brazil's Bolsonaro met with protests in Italy visit
Jair Bolsonaro was greeted by jeering protesters on Tuesday when he visited the Italian city of Pistoia to pay homage to a war memorial dedicated to Brazilian soldiers killed during World War Two.
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Impeachment? Brazilians protest against Jair Bolsonaro for poor handling of COVID-19
As the authorities investigate corruption claims against Jair Bolsonaro, locals continue protesting against the President's poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic that has led to millions of dea
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