Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after 3-month stint in Florida
The Hindu
Former President Jair Bolsonaro arrived back in Brazil after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene as authorities in the capital braced for the far-right populist’s return.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro arrived back in Brazil on March 30 after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene as authorities in the capital braced for the far-right populist's return.
Bolsonaro left Brazil just before the end of his presidential term. In so doing, he broke with tradition by declining to hand the presidential sash to his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won the October election with the narrowest finish since Brazil's return to democracy over three decades earlier.
While in the U.S., Bolsonaro mostly kept a low profile, although he delivered several speeches to Brazilian expats and conservatives, including at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.
For the first time in 30 years, the lawmaker-turned-president does not hold elected office.
“I'm without a mandate, but I'm not retired,” Bolsonaro told television network Jovem Pan on Monday.
The Federal District's security secretariat mobilised hundreds of police officers and the Esplanade of Ministries was closed to prevent gatherings of Bolsonaro's supporters.
A horde of his supporters stormed and ransacked the capital's most important government buildings on January 8, one week after Lula took office, seeking to oust the new president from power.
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