Two days after his defeat in the presidential election, ultraconservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro fled Brazil through Argentina and Ecuador, after refusing to comply with a Supreme Court decision ordering him to hand over his passports. The US government will issue him a visa.
In the Debate of France 24 we analyzed the historic victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil. The left-wing leader broke a four-decade streak on Sunday as he became the first presidential candidate to reassemble a second round since the return to democracy, exceeding the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro by more than four million votes on an unpublished day driven by the young vote and the abstentionists.
'Folha de S.Paulo 'cites the environment of the former ultra candidate after he failed to comply with the Supreme Court's order to hand over his passport
Brazilian senator and former presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, claims that the Federal Police notified him of the obligation to hand over his passports after visiting his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Investigated for alleged corruption and money laundering in two cases, he will lose his special jurisdiction in February. Meanwhile, his Liberal Party has recognized the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and has ruled out calling for the annulment of the elections, although the ultra-right party announced that it will lead the opposition and will continue its judicial actions against the re-elected president.
Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly went back in his intention to ask for the annulment of the Brazilian presidential elections and announced that he will focus his efforts on leading the opposition to the re-elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. From Rio de Janeiro, our correspondent Valeria Saccone gives us more details.
Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said on Monday that a Supreme Court justice had barred him from leaving the country after he narrowly lost to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, who refused to concede defeat, denounced the order as intimidation and vowed to challenge the election results.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the second round of the elections in Brazil against the ultra-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, in an unpublished round. After being re-elected, the current ruler will assume his fourth term on January 5 in Brasilia, at the age of 81. Bolsonaro did not accept the results of the elections and criticized the length of the day, despite having made the same request.
In this' In Context 'we analyze the main graphics and maps that explain the rebound of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the shooting in Brazil after having lost the first round in front of Flávio Bolsonaro. We review the states and municipalities in which it was imposed, the levels of participation as well as the changes in the white and zero vote. Also the stage in Congress and in the country's governorates, where the president of the Workers' Party will have resistance.
Just two days shy of his 81st birthday, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has emerged as the comeback kid. Coming from behind in the polls after a bitter campaign where he often showed his age, Lula has become the first candidate since Brazil’s return to democracy in the 1980s to win the presidential run-off after trailing in the first round. How did the Workers' Party leader turn a 2.2 million vote deficit against the far right's Flavio Bolsonaro into a 4.4 million vote win? Just three short weeks ago, most races at the federal and state level broke the way of conservatives and the far right