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# Bolsonaro

This year
2023
# Brazil
Brazilian supreme court approves investigation into Bolsonaro over Congress riot
Bolsonaro claims Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was not voted into office, but rather was chosen by the Supreme Court and Brazil’s electoral authority.
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Jan 14th 2023, 1:29 PM
# Brazil
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro tweets from Florida hospital days after failed coup attempt
Bolsonaro posted the photo showing himself in a hospital bed in Orlando, Florida receiving treatment for a years-old stab wound.
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Jan 10th 2023, 11:36 AM
# Bolsonaro
Brazilian far-right protesters storm congress
The protesters of supporters of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, who lost reelection against a socialist opponent.
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Jan 8th 2023, 7:51 PM
Last year
2022
# Brazil
Outgoing Brazilian president Bolsonaro breaks silence on election loss
Bolsonaro has not spoken publicly since his narrow loss on 30 October.
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Dec 10th 2022, 12:20 PM
# Brazil
Alleged Nazi salute at pro-Bolsonaro protest riles Brazil
Israel’s embassy called on authorities to ‘take the necessary measures to put a stop to such outrageous acts.’
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Nov 3rd 2022, 8:32 PM
# Elections
Jair Bolsonaro yet to concede defeat or challenge Brazil’s election results
The outgoing Brazilian leader has repeatedly questioned the reliability of the nation’s electronic voting system.
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Nov 1st 2022, 7:16 AM
# brazil votes
Brazilians queue at Croke Park to vote in Presidential run-off
In a previous round of voting, over 70% of votes from Brazilians in Ireland went to leftist candidate Lula
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Oct 30th 2022, 12:22 PM
# Bolsonaro
Brazil's Bolsonaro addresses media as he's released from hospital
The president suffered an intestinal obstruction related to an abdominal stabbing in 2018.
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Jan 5th 2022, 5:10 PM
All time
# Brazil president
Brazil court rules that Bolsonaro should be investigated for 'vote fraud' claims
The Brazil president has long criticised electronic voting, introduced in Brazil in 1996.
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Aug 5th 2021, 7:23 AM
# Brazil
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro slams corruption probe with foul language
A Senate committee is investigating government vaccine purchases.
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Jul 9th 2021, 7:55 AM
# Bolsonaro
Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil passes half million covid deaths
Many critics blame President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to minimise the disease as the reason behind the toll.
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Jun 20th 2021, 8:19 AM
# Bolsonaro
Brazil president rejects lockdown despite record Covid-19 death toll
Brazil’s Health Ministry registered 4,195 deaths yesterday.
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Apr 7th 2021, 9:31 PM
# In the clear
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus
Bolsonaro’s communications chief tested positive for Covid-19 after last weekend’s trip to the US during which both men met with Donald Trump.
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Mar 13th 2020, 6:50 PM
# Bolsonaro
Brazilian president apologises for telling reporter he had the 'face of a homosexual'
It sparked outrage among media outlets in Brazil.
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Dec 22nd 2019, 12:00 PM
# Fires
G7 commits $20 million to Amazon as new fires flare up in world's largest rainforest
Aircraft have poured thousands of litres of water on the rainforest.
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Aug 26th 2019, 10:45 PM
# Forest fires
UN calls for protection of Amazon as Bolsonaro claims 'environmental psychosis' hampers Brazil
Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year.
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Aug 22nd 2019, 10:37 PM
# BRAZIL VOTE
'Tropical Trump' Bolsonaro elected president of Brazil
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Bolsonaro (63) who has pledged to govern “following the Bible and the constitution”.
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Oct 29th 2018, 8:25 AM
# First Round
Far-right candidate Bolsonaro wins Brazil vote but not outright victory
The former paratrooper was stabbed while campaigning in September.
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Oct 8th 2018, 7:30 AM