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Short trip from Brazil's head of state: Bolsonaro leads motorcycle parade in Florida

2022-06-12T13:32:34.060Z


Jair Bolsonaro – middle name Messiah – rolled through the US city of Orlando with hundreds of followers. Because many Brazilians live in the area, the right-wing populist opened a vice consulate there.


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Jair Bolsonaro during a motorcycle rally in Sao Paulo (stock image).

Brazil's president regularly organizes trips for his supporters

Photo: RODRIGO PAIVA/Getty Images

After his first meeting with US President Joe Biden, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drove through the US city of Orlando with hundreds of supporters on a motorcycle.

The South American country's right-wing populist president led Saturday's tour, which saw many participants dressed in the Brazilian colors, according to videos.

In Brazil, too, Bolsonaro repeatedly organizes motorcycle parades with numerous supporters.

He had come to Orlando, Florida, to open a vice consulate.

Many Brazilians live in the area.

Bolsonaro, whose middle name is Messiah, also gave a speech at an evangelical church in the Brazilian community.

In the parking lot of the church, he gave another speech in front of cheering supporters - according to a report in the newspaper "Folha de S. Paulo", around 2,000 people had gathered.

From there, around 350 motorcyclists took part in the 40-minute tour.

In addition to the police, the Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the US President, among other things, also ensured security.

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and US President Joe Biden during their meeting in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2022

Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP

Bolsonaro had previously attended the America Summit in Los Angeles and met with Biden on the sidelines on Thursday.

The heads of state of America's most populous countries spoke, among other things, about the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the upcoming presidential elections in Brazil in October.

Bolsonaro is in polls behind left-wing ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Like Biden's predecessor Donald Trump two years ago in the election campaign for the presidency in the USA, he casts doubts about the legality of the vote in advance.

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Source: spiegel

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