Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches in the United States, one world leader is unlikely to be in attendance: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court denied a petition from the former president to return his passport, which had been confiscated by federal police in February. Bolsonaro, who led Brazil from 2019 to 2022, faces multiple investigations and legal proceedings, including for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the country’s 2022 presidential election. The former far-right president, nicknamed the ‘Trump of the Tropics,’ has denied all allegations against him. But police have deemed him a flight risk.” (01/16/25)