Bolsonaro given 3 days to comment on document found in ex-minister’s home

17 January 2023

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 16 (EFE).- Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court on Monday gave former president Jair Bolsonaro three days to comment on the content of a draft decree found by police at the home of his former justice minister. The deadline was established in a ruling by magistrate Benedito Gonçalves, who ordered the inclusion of … Read more

Lula vows to punish Bolsonaro supporters over riots

9 January 2023

Brasilia, Jan 8 (EFE).- Brazil’s president has vowed to punish radical supporters who stormed Brasilia’s congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court on Sunday in the biggest attack on Republican powers seen since the 1964 coup. Seven days after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hundreds of ultra-right followers of former … Read more