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Lula set for inauguration to preside over polarized Brazil

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sworn in Sunday in the capital of Brasilia and assume office for the third time, marking the culmination of a political comeback sure to thrill supporters and enrage opponents in a fiercely polarized nation

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Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro's anti-democratic threats

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and vowing a drastic change of course to rescue a nation plagued by hunger, poverty and racism.

Reuters

Brazil acting president hits out at 'silent' Bolsonaro in New Year speech

Brazil's acting president, Hamilton Mourao, on Saturday criticized outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro for allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive in the wake of this year's election, in a veiled dig in a New Year speech.

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Brazil vice president criticizes Bolsonaro supporters over chaos

Brazil’s outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro helped foment social tension after losing the country’s elections, and his followers should support a change in administrations, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said Saturday.

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Officials say Bolsonaro may have left Brazil for Florida

The office of Brazil’s vice president says he’s become acting president, an indication that President Jair Bolsonaro has left the country

The Independent UK

Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday Sonia Guajajara as the nation’s first Indigenous person to head up a ministry

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro lands in Florida, avoiding Lula handover

Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed in Florida on Friday, after delivering a teary message to his supporters less than two days before his fierce leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to take office.

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Brazil lifts ban that stopped Venezuela's Maduro entering country - official gazette

Brazil's outgoing government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has lifted a ban on Venezuelan senior officials entering the country, according to a decision published on Friday in the Official Gazette.

Reuters

Brazil declares three days of national mourning for death of Pele as football legend’s funeral plans revealed

The Brazilian legend will be laid to rest in his hometown of Santos following his death aged 82

Evening Standard

World pays hommage to Brazilian 'king of football' Pelé

Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, has died at the age of 82.

Radio France Internationale

Pele funeral date confirmed as Brazil declare three days of mourning for legendary star

Three-time World Cup winner and Brazil star Pele died on Thursday at the age of 82, with tributes pouring in from the football world and beyond for a true legend of the game

Daily Mirror

Brazil Announces Three Days' Mourning For King Of Football Pele

Brazilian outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro declared three days of national mourning for Pele, after the legendary footballer died at the age of 82. Read on for details:

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Pele, Brazilian Legend of the Beautiful Game, Dies at 82

Pele, the legendary Brazilian football player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital, where Pele was undergoing treatment, said he died at 3:27 p.m. "due to multiple…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva

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Brazil arrests four people for alleged coup attempt in Bolsonaro riots

Brazilian police said they had arrested at least four people and carried out nationwide raids on Thursday in investigations into an alleged coup attempt during riots by supporters of defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Reuters

Brazil's top court bans guns from capital ahead of Lula inauguration

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday banned registered gun-owners from carrying firearms in the federal district until after the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in reaction to recent episodes of political violence.

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'Coup-mongering' Bolsonarista's battle cry reveals a radicalized Brazil

Nearly two weeks after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most fraught election in a generation, Milton Baldin arrived in the capital Brasilia to try to overturn the result.

The Independent UK

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After presidency, unclear fate for Brazil's brash Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro said he would only leave the Brazilian presidency when he was dead, jailed or ready for his second term

Reuters

Bolsonaro's call to arms inspired foiled Brazil bomb plot, police are told

A man arrested for attempting to set off a bomb in protest against Brazil's election result was inspired to build up an arsenal by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's call to arms, according to a copy of his police testimony seen by Reuters.

The Independent UK

Brazil election-denying ‘terrorists’ threaten Lula inauguration, minister says

‘The rule of law is not compatible with these political militias’

France 24

'Terrorists' threaten Brazil's presidential inauguration - incoming justice minister

Election-denying protesters camping outside Brazilian army bases have become "incubators of terrorism," Brazil's incoming justice minister said on Sunday, a day after police detonated an explosive device and arrested a suspect they accused of links to the Brasilia camp.

Reuters

Brazil election-denier 'terrorists' threaten Lula's inauguration, new minister says

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