Bolsonaro

Flávio Bolsonaro, il principale candidato presidenziale di destra del Brasile, è stato registrato mentre chiedeva a un banchiere accusato di corruzione 26,8 milioni di dollari (20 milioni di sterline) per finanziare un film su suo padre, l'ex presidente Jair Bolsonaro. • I memo vocali e i messaggi di testo trapelati sono stati pubblicati mercoledì da Intercept Brasil e successivamente confermati da Flávio Bolsonaro, un senatore di estrema destra che nei sondaggi è a pari merito con il presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in vista delle elezioni di ottobre. Continua a leggere...

President Lula’s veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil’s congress and senate, meaning it now awaits confirmation by supreme court Brazil’s largely conservative congress has approved a bill reducing the prison sentence of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of attempting a coup.The bill had initially been passed by congress in December, but president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed it in January in a symbolic move marking three years since Bolsonaro supporters ransacked the capital, Brasília. Continue reading...

The former president was in prison for a coup attempt after losing the country’s last electionBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health.The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumonia, one of several health problems the former leader has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president. Continue reading...