Report: Brazil Supreme Court Justice Used Irregularly Obtained Reports to Persecute Bolsonaro Supporters
A Brazilian supreme court justice allegedly ordered the unofficial production of reports to support his own rulings against conservatives.
A Brazilian supreme court justice allegedly ordered the unofficial production of reports to support his own rulings against conservatives.
Brazil’s Federal Police acted to fulfill 47 warrants on Monday against people suspected of financing the January 8, 2023, Brasilia riot.
Prominent members of the anti-socialist opposition in Venezuela congratulated Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Monday for his election victory this weekend. Bolsonaro made fighting socialism a pillar of his campaign policy, promising to cut financial ties with the dictatorship in Caracas.
China’s state-run Global Times panicked over the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Bazil, penning a Monday editorial sternly lecturing the new Brazilian leader that shifting trade away from China to the United States would be “unthinkable.”
Conservative firebrand Jair Bolsonaro was elected as President of Brazil on Sunday, in a stunning repudiation of the country’s left-wing political establishment. So now, what lies in store for South America’s largest and most populous country?
“Jair Bolsonaro being president was a ridiculous proposition two years ago,” wrote Igor Gielow in Brazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo on Sunday about the president-elect.
Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro of the right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) their new president Sunday, granting him a double-digit lead over socialist opponent Fernando Haddad.
Conservative firebrand Jair Bolsonaro has made his final pitch to voters ahead of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, as he prepares to face off against socialist candidate Fernando Haddad in an election that has polarized Latin America’s most populous country.
Datafolha, a prominent pollster in Brazil, published the last major Brazilian presidential election poll expected before this weekend on Thursday, finding a sizable, though diminished, lead for conservative Jair Bolsonaro over socialist candidate Fernando Haddad.
Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad of the socialist Workers’ Party (PT) said in an interview Monday that that “probably, yes” there were political allies of his who illegally used campaign funds while in office, once again forced to discuss allegations of widespread corruption within the PT.
Brazil’s conservative presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro appears to be gaining support from voters typically considered loyal to the socialist Workers’ Party (PT) and could now feasibly win enough votes to prevent a second round run-off, polls this week showed.