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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Jair Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at the international airport in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, July 5, 2024. (AP/Heuler Andrey)
July 12, 2024, 10:44 pm
Brazil police: Intel agency under Bolsonaro spied on officials with Israeli software
Journalists, senators and members of judiciary allegedly targeted amid probes against then-president; 5 preventive arrest warrants carried out
By Eléonore HUGHES
File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)
March 30, 2024, 2:16 pm
Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s bid to visit Israel at Netanyahu’s invitation
After suspicious stay at Hungarian embassy while under investigation for election sabotage, far-right ex-president asked passport be restored; ‘Absolutely premature,’ says judge
By Eléonore HUGHES
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters after attending a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
March 19, 2024, 8:00 pm
Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying his own vaccination data
Detective says charges against former far-right president to be folded into ongoing probe over 2023 rioting in Brasilia by his supporters
By Mauricio SAVARESE
File - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters while waving an Israeli flag during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)
February 25, 2024, 11:19 pm
In rebuttal of Lula, Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro waves Israeli flag at mass rally
Former president and many of his supporters display flag of Israel in rejection of current president’s comparison of war against Hamas to the Holocaust
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro salutes while singing the nation's anthem outside a military base during a protest against his reelection defeat in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
January 21, 2023, 9:35 pm
Brazil’s right-wing movement will persist without Bolsonaro, experts say
Former leader has been virtually invisible since the election but anthropologists say ‘It’s more about how supporters mobilize’ his image ‘than about his actions themselves’
By David Biller and NATÁLIA SCARABOTTO
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP)
January 12, 2023, 10:24 am
Brazil fires pro-Bolsonaro ambassador to Israel as part of wider shake-up
Report says newly inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed more ‘balanced and traditional’ approach to Mideast conflict than pro-Israel predecessor
By ToI Staff
Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro clash with the police after they stormed the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
January 9, 2023, 8:41 am
Bolsonaro mildly condemns Congress rioters as Brazil authorities seek to punish them
Without singling out his backers who stormed seats of power, ex-president says peaceful protest part of democracy but vandalism and invasion of public buildings are ‘exceptions’
By David Biller
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police as they storm the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
January 9, 2023, 2:19 am
Brazil police retake Congress, clear out buildings overrun by pro-Bolsonaro rioters
At least 170 arrested as cops use tear-gas, water cannons in bid to gain control over Brasilia institutions stormed by far-right protesters refusing to accept election results
By AFP
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
January 8, 2023, 10:26 pm
Pro-Bolsonaro protesters storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, presidential palace
In scenes reminiscent of January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, thousands of demonstrators who believe election was fraudulent get through security, climb on roofs and break windows
By AP
President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, his wife Rosangela Silva, second from left, Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin, right, and his wife Maria Lucia Ribeiro, ride in an open car to congress for their swearing-in ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, on January 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
January 1, 2023, 10:47 pm
Lula sworn in as president to lead polarized Brazil, after Bolsonaro leaves for US
Tens of thousands throng to country’s capital for inauguration celebrations, but supporters of far-right rival continue to question election results
By Mauricio SAVARESE and Carla Bridi
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration against the presidential election results that elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the new president at an improvised campsite in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on December 29, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP)
January 1, 2023, 8:08 am
Bolsonaro flees Brazil as Lula da Silva to be inaugurated for 3rd presidential term
Ousted far-right leader leaves country, won’t hand over presidential sash to leftist successor at ceremony shrouded in exceptionally tight security amid threats
By MARCELO SILVA de SOUSA
Supporters of outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro giving what appears to be a Nazi salute at a rally along a highway in the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, November 2, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 4, 2022, 12:20 am
Bolsonaro backers in Brazil allegedly give Nazi salute, triggering uproar
Prosecutors probing incident as Israeli embassy and others urge action, though initial investigation suggests demonstrators didn’t intend gesture
By AFP
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro protest his defeat in the presidential runoff election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
November 2, 2022, 11:58 pm
Supporters of Brazil’s Bolsonaro call on military to keep far-right leader in power
The army has taken on a central role under outgoing president, but has remained silent in the month since the first round of the election
By DIANE JEANTET and Mauricio SAVARESE
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives to speak from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
November 1, 2022, 10:54 pm
Brazil’s Bolsonaro declines to concede defeat, but authorizes transition process
In first comments following vote, defeated president says he has ‘always played within the four lines of the constitution’ yet does not mention election results
By DIANE JEANTET and Carla Bridi
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro block Castelo Branco highway, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 1, 2022. (Caio GUATELLI / AFP)
November 1, 2022, 8:25 pm
As Bolsanaro remains mum on election loss, protests in Brazil hit high gear
Supporters of defeated president block hundreds of highways across nation, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse masses
By Fran Blandy
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