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Bolsonaro hoping Trump's return will help political comeback in Brazil

Dec 02, 2024

Brasília [Brazil], December 2: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed hope that United States President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House in January will help bolster his own political comeback, amid accusations that he took part in a failed coup in the South American nation.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Bolsonaro is banking on Trump pressuring Brazil with sanctions to delay enforcing a court ruling that bars him from office until 2030 for baselessly attacking the country's voting system before the 2022 elections he lost.
"Trump is back, and it's a sign we'll be back, too," Bolsonaro said in an interview with the US newspaper.
Bolsonaro's remarks come just days after Brazilian police released a report implicating the former president in an alleged criminal organisation designed to overturn the 2022 election that he lost to his left-wing rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune

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