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Bolsonaro’s supporters storm the Brazil Congress.
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost to President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva by 49.1% of the votes in the presidential election last month, said that he was “very surprised” by the result. He added, “I don’t think that anyone thought I could win this election.” Bolsonaro also said that he would seek a recount…
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The security forces wrested control of Brazil’s Congress from Bolsonaro supporters.
Thousands of supporters of ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress and other buildings in Braslia on Sunday, calling for the military to take over Brazil’s government. “These people are everything that is abominable in politics, to invade…government headquarters, the headquarters of Congress and the headquarters of Supreme Court like true vandals destroying everything in their…
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Will Brazil’s President keep his climate promises?
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing off against ex-President Michel Temer in Sunday’s presidential election, has said that he’ll win outright and avoid a second-round run-off. Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls but has claimed that his country’s voting machines are “vulnerable to tampering”. Brazil has used electronic voting machines since 1996 and never…
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GeorgeSantos calls the Brazilian clerk a professional liar.
Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday denied allegations that he stole from a businessman in the US to pay for merchandise using stolen cheques. “I’m not a criminal here, not here or in Brazil or…world,” he said. The allegations came after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Bolsonaro over his alleged involvement in a…
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There are things to know about Brazil’s election.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula Da Silva, who lost the presidential elections to Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday, has said that he will not accept the outcome of the vote. “Even if Bolsonaro accepted the results, he’d have to accept the result,” Da Silva said. Bolsonaro has called for a referendum on the new electoral…
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Will he respect the results if he lost Brazil’s election?
Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that he will accept the results of the country’s presidential elections, adding that “anywhere else in the world, the president who lost would have called me by now and conceded”. This comes after President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and his conservative Liberal Party have claimed that Brazil’s electronic…
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What to know about Brazil’s election.
Ahead of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, ex-President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said that President Jair Bolsonaro has been there for four years. “I intend to vote for Lula because Bolsonaro has been there for four years,” he added. Bolsonro, who is the current president of Brazil, had said that Amazon rainforest should be…