Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro returned to Brazil today from the United States, where he moved 89 days ago, on the eve of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration. A plane belonging to the Brazilian company Gol, reports the portal of the newspaper Fiolha de Sao Paulo, landed at 6:38 a.m. (11:38 a.m. Italian time) at the international airport of Brasilia.
A difficult path is beginning for the former Conservative leader, on which he will try to position himself as the leader of the opposition against Lula’s government, while also defending himself against various legal investigations, including the attack by his supporters on buildings of power in Brasilia on March 8. January and owning jewels he received as a gift from the Saudi monarchy.
Faced with the arrival of Bolsonaro – expected in a climate of tension due to the risk of new unrest following the January 8 attack on the institutions – the authorities of the state of Brasilia had prepared various security measures in anticipation of possible riots by sympathizers of the former president. This includes the ban on passage on the main street leading to the area of the buildings of the institutions that were stormed by the Bolsonarista mob in January.
Security measures at Brasilia airport for Bolsonaro’s return
Bolsonaro’s return has come while current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is currently resting at his official residence rather than the government palace due to pneumonia.
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