“I also want to go back to Brazil, I intend to go back to Brazil in the next few weeks”, declared the far-right leader in a meeting with Brazilians in Boca Raton, Florida.
Bolsonaro, 67 years old, is in the United States after leaving Brasilia on December 30, two days before the inauguration of his successor, the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Nine days later, in Brasilia, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters, dissatisfied with his defeat in the October presidential elections,they jumped the presidential Palace of the Planalto, the Congress and the Federal Supreme Court.
“We have had a government without corruption. We work with the heart, honestly. No measure of retaliation or persecution is justified,” said the former president in Florida.
A judge of the Federal Supreme Court determined include the far-right leader in the investigation that seeks to determine who instigated the invasion of the headquarters of powers.
“We have to face the problems. Sometimes we have to take risks. Worth. You can be sure that the majority of the Brazilian people are with us,” Bolsonaro added.
At firstto Bolsonaro declared in the media that he was going to return to Brazil at the end of January, but later he requested a new visa to be able to stay six more months in the United States.
“There is nothing better than our land,” said the far-right who since his arrival in Florida has been living in a residence owned by former Brazilian martial arts fighter José Aldo.
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