Ex-Brazil president who has been in Florida since 30 December is being investigated for attempt to topple country’s government
investigated for whether he had any role in inciting that uprising
Bolsonaro’s calculus appears to be to distance himself from the radicals whose destruction in the capital could implicate him in the short term, with the aim of some day returning to lead the opposition, said Mário Sérgio Lima, a political analyst at Medley Global Advisors. After the rampage in the Brazilian capital this month, a group of 46 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden“The United States must not provide shelter for him, or any authoritarian who has inspired such violence against democratic institutions,” they wrote.arrested on his return.
The far-right leader was injured in a knife attack in 2018. He has suffered continuing health complications from that assassination attempt, and received hospital care during his stay in Florida.
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