Wall Street Journal: Bolsonaro plans to return to political limelight with Trump’s help

Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro – although facing prosecution for an attempted coup according to the official report of the Brazilian Federal Police – plans to return to the political scene in his country, expecting support from US President-elect Donald Trump, the which may include the use of economic sanctions against current President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal wrote yesterday. “Trump is back, and this is a sign that we will be back,” Bolsonaro, who is barred from running for office until 2030 and faces criminal charges over the coup plot, told the Journal in an interview. in which he is allegedly directly involved. Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing and claims he is the victim of a witch hunt by President Lula and leftist judges, according to the Journal. “They don’t just want me in jail, they want me dead.” […]
Source: News Beast

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