Topic: jair-bolsonaro

Bolsonaro faces probes over $3.2M Saudi jewels

Bolsonaro faces probes over $3.2M Saudi jewels

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 07 06:56 AM

Brazil's justice minister asked federal police Monday to investigate reports ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tried to illegally import jewelry worth $3.2 million gifted by Saudi Arabia, as tax officials probe a second present of jewels. Read more »

Brazil's Bolsonaro to be investigated in riot probe

Brazil's Bolsonaro to be investigated in riot probe

Ramon Sahmkow and Marcelo Silva da Sousa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 04:12 PM

Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will be included in an investigation into the origins of the January 8 sacking of government buildings in Brasilia. Read more »

Brazil rioters trash priceless artwork in stormed capital buildings

Brazil rioters trash priceless artwork in stormed capital buildings

Louis Genot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 11:26 AM

Slashed canvas on a modern masterpiece, graffiti spray-painted on statues, a smashed Louis XIV clock: the horde of supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro who invaded Brasilia's hubs of power at the weekend ransacked everything in their path, including priceless works of art. Read more »

Bolsonaro supporters storm seat of power in Brazil

Bolsonaro supporters storm seat of power in Brazil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 06:22 AM

Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned as a "fascist" attack. Read more »

Lula wins Brazil's presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent

Lula wins Brazil's presidential vote, Bolsonaro silent

Rodrigo Almonacid, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 31 04:38 PM

Brazil's veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president Sunday by a hair's breadth, beating his far-right rival in a down-to-the-wire poll that split the country in two, election officials said. Read more »

Brazil votes in Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Brazil votes in Bolsonaro-Lula showdown

Mariëtte Le Roux, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 12:31 AM

Brazilians voted Sunday in a polarizing presidential election, with leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowing to get Brazil "back to normal" amid fears far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will not accept a defeat. Read more »

Downpours in Brazil leave at least 34 dead

Downpours in Brazil leave at least 34 dead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 08:36 AM

Torrential rains that have plagued Brazil's northeastern Pernambuco state since Tuesday have left at least 34 dead, 29 of which occurred over the previous day, according to the latest official update. Read more »

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