The decision to remove the troops comes as prosecutors charged 39 people who were among the thousands who stormed government buildings on January 8.
Far-right extremism and aggressive nationalism are on the march across the world. It’s a trend that Western democracies ignore at their peril.
In issuing their request to include the former Brazilian leader in the probe,prosecutors cited a video Bolsonaro posted questioning his successor’s victory.
It was supposed to shake two dozen cities and bring the country to a standstill. Instead,the crowd numbered fewer people than media and police.
Bolsonaro supporters stormed and trashed Brazil’s highest seats of power in chaos with striking similarities to the insurrection at the US Capitol in 2021.
The far-right former Brazilian president flew to Florida two days before his term ended and before a violent mob of his supporters stormed Brazil’s capital.
The incidents,similar to the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol,come a week after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in.
The radical attack on parliament by the far-right shares many parallels with the Capitol riots ignited by Donald Trump.
Marcio Freire,47,one of three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii,died while practising tow-in surfing.
FIFA is asking 211 countries to name a stadium after the sports legend:“future generations must know and remember who Pele was”.
Soccer legend Pele will be buried high up with a view to his beloved home ground at Vila Belmiro. It’s a cemetery like no other. I know it well.