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As he preps for CPAC speech, Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps Orlando as home base

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is planning to make the Orlando area his home base for at least several more weeks while the U.S. government processes his visa request and tensions remain high in his home country, his immigration lawyer said Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands

An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - UK

Lula government sets april deadline for Bolsonaro to return to Brazil

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration wants former President Jair Bolsonaro to appear before Brazilian courts in the next few months and is considering options to force him to return to the country if he doesn’t voluntarily come back by the end of March, according to a high-ranking adviser to…

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Who is speaking at CPAC and when?

Conservatives descend on National Harbor for multi-day convention

The Independent UK

Pro-Trump former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro will speak at CPAC this week

Right-wing politician facing investigations over riots in Brazilian capital in January

The Independent UK

Brazil delegation visits Amazon region where pair died

A delegation from the Brazilian government that includes widows of two slain men who had worked for justice for Indigenous Amazon peoples arrived in the remote region where the two were slain Monday in a symbolic retake of the place, now that a new government has taken office in Brazil

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro announces his latest project: merch

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, currently on self-imposed exile in the United States after losing his re-election bid last year, has presented his latest project: merch.

Reuters

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Dom Phillips’ widow to follow him in raising awareness of crisis in Amazon

Alessandra Sampaio preparing to visit remote area where husband and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last year

The Guardian - UK

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira remembered in Rio as carnival emerges from Bolsonaro era

Dancing and debauchery peppered with more sombre moments, including defiant tributes to murdered British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert

The Guardian - AU

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid

RIO DE JANEIRO - With a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, Rio de Janeiro will kick off its famed carnival parades Sunday, the climax of the festival's first full-on edition since Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections.

Bangkok Post

Politics makes an appearance at this year's Rio de Janeiro carnival

In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival is back in full swing and a little different this year. Following the failed January 8 coup attempt in Brasilia, Rio City Council has decided to inject a political element into the festivities by distributing banners celebrating democracy. The famous street brass bands…

France 24

Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’

The veteran senator is now part of Joe Biden’s inner circle, and is still fighting his country’s vast inequalities

The Guardian - UK

Brazil's vaccine-skeptic Bolsonaro got the shot, document indicates

A health ministry record indicates that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a vocal skeptic of COVID-19 vaccines who vowed to never get the jab, may have received one in 2021, the country's comptroller general's office said on Friday.

Reuters

No 'witch-hunt' in Brazil's Jan. 8 probes, vows top military prosecutor

There will be no "witch-hunt" to root out members of Brazil's military who may have potentially been involved in the Jan. 8 Brasilia riots, the country's top military prosecutor said in an interview, pledging to follow due process to mete out justice.

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The Independent UK

Brazil's Carnival finally reborn in full form after pandemic

Brazil’s Carnival is back

The Guardian - US

Brazil ministers to visit site of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s murder

Visit is part of push by Lula’s government to beat back illegal miners, loggers and poachers who wrought environmental havoc

Reuters

Exclusive-Brazil plans legislation to crack down on laundering of illegal gold

Brazil's government is taking a fresh tack in its effort to crack down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon, preparing legislation that would require electronic tax receipts for the buying and selling of the precious metal, four sources with knowledge of the plans said.

Reuters

Brazil police carry out new raids as part of probe into Jan. 8 riots

Brazil's federal police said on Tuesday they were carrying out new raids as part of a probe into the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings.

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The Conversation

Why populism has an enduring and ominous appeal

Max Weber, the founder of modern sociology, once argued that charismatic politicians are seen by their followers as saviours and heroes.

The Independent UK

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Bolsonaro mulls return to Brazil in coming weeks

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he plans to return to Brazil "in the coming weeks," after having spent more than a month in the United States.

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro says he may return to Brazil in the coming weeks

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he intends to return to Brazil “in the following weeks.”

Al Jazeera

Biden, Brazil’s Lula vow relationship reboot at White House meet

Leaders promise to work together on climate change, democracy, despite disagreements over Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Health crisis leads scores of Yanomami to roam the streets

Years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis in Brazil's Indigenous Yanomami population

Los Angeles Times

Biden greets Brazil's Lula at the White House

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed the new leader of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to the White House Friday, with each man hoping for a boost from the other as they try to put their countries’ previous administrations behind them.

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