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Matt Gaetz Claims Bolsonaro Is 'Being Punished' by Brazilian President for Trying to Appear on His Show: 'This Is a Violation of Human Rights'

Matt Gaetz has come to the defense of Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, claiming that the Brazilian government is retaliating against him over an interview.

Latin Times

Analysis: Bolsonaro’s political persecution narrative will be Lula’s biggest problem

The indictment filed by the attorney general’s office on Tuesday February 18 against Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and 33 other people is the country’s most eagerly awaited – and most important – political event of recent months. The document doesn’t really contain any new elements: almost all of the…

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Bolsonaro indictment leaves Brazil’s tropical Trump staring at prospect of jail

The ex-president faces charges of a murderous conspiracy while his US counterpart has surged back to power

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Giorgia Meloni to Javier Milei: far-right leaders flock to Trump inauguration

Gathering of conservative politicians marks first time that foreign heads of state attend a US presidential inauguration

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Brazil court rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s bid to attend Trump’s inauguration

Judge rules former president’s passport will not be returned in case he uses it to flee abroad amid coup investigation

The Guardian - US

Everything We Know About Trump And Bolsonaro's Curious Relationship As Former Brazil President Faces Coup Charges

Considered idiological twins and with similar electoral and irreverent political practices, their relationship has been supportive, although it may change now

Latin Times

Extremism, interest rates and tariffs: the political and economic challenges the Trump administration will impose on Brazil

In recent months, Brazilians have closely followed the US presidential campaign. Since 2016, whatever happens in American politics seems likely to unfold in Brazil. In many ways, the American political chasm reflects Brazil’s own political polarisation.

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Two local staff at Hungary embassy fired after Bolsonaro video leak – report

Footage showing former president spent two nights apparently hiding from potential arrest at mission was leaked to media

The Guardian - US

Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro ally’s home over illegal spying allegations

Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using Israeli spyware to track political opponents

The Guardian - UK

Argentina: leftists celebrate after far-right Milei fails to win election victory

Lula and other Latin American leftwingers hail Sergio Massa’s first-placed finish, with election now headed to November runoff

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Israel launches ‘limited raids’ into Gaza Strip overnight

White House says there will be ‘continued flow’ of aid, after Biden speaks with Netanyahu. Plus, far-right populist Javier Milei comes second in the first round of Argentina’s presidential election

The Guardian - UK

Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election

Potty-mouthed political outsider will head to November runoff with centrist finance minister Sergio Massa

The Guardian - UK

‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president

If elected on Sunday, populist Javier Milei vows to abolish central bank, loosen gun laws, legalize sale of human organs

The Guardian - US

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro fades from the spotlight

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fading from the spotlight, showing the courts’ power over the electoral system and the political shortcomings of the increasingly powerless former leader

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Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’

Electoral judges bar former far-right leader from running for office for eight years for ‘appalling lies’ during last year’s election

Reuters

Brazil Congress prepares for inquiry into Jan. 8 capital storming

Brazil's Congress on Wednesday prepared to open an inquiry into the Jan. 8 storming of key government buildings in the capital by violent demonstrators who denied the electoral victory of the recently inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil to lead opposition against Lula

BRASILIA, Brazil — After three months of vacation in Florida, Jair Bolsonaro is finally returning to Brazil on Thursday to assume the role of opposition leader and challenge the leftist government of his foe Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: First the US, then Brazil. Where next?

There is something pathetic about the gangs of crazed supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro that stormed Brazil’s congressional building, presidential offices and Supreme Court on Sunday. Congress was not even in session. The mutineers were late: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had been inaugurated a week before.

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More than 70 US and Brazilian lawmakers condemn Trump-Bolsonaro alliance

Exclusive: congresswoman Ilhan Omar leads joint statement focused on Sunday’s riots in Brasília and January 6 insurrection

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising

Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021

Salon

Steve Bannon's key role in Brazil riots

Bannon and other Trump associates played a key role in stoking conspiracy theories before Sunday's attacks

The National (Scotland)

Brazilian president condemns 'fascist fanatics' after Congress stormed

BRAZILLIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has condemned “fascist fanatics” after thousands of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters…

France 24

Brazil authorities pledge to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters and those who financed them

Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power.

The Independent UK

Brazil authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters

Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power

Reuters

Lula ticket sues Bolsonaro and sons for abuses during Brazil's election

President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election team sued President Jair Bolsonaro, his running mate and two of his sons for abuse of power and attacks on Brazil's voting system, both during the October election campaign.

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