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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gabriel Stargardter

Pressure mounts on Biden over Bolsonaro's Florida stay after Brasilia riots

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures, as he meets supporters at the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

The United States has a Jair Bolsonaro problem.

The far-right former Brazilian president flew to Florida two days before his term ended on Jan. 1, having challenged the results of the Oct. 30 runoff election that he narrowly lost to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. On Sunday a violent movement of election-denying Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil's presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court.

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