Former Brazilian President
Jair Bolsonaro
said from the United States, where he has been since the end of last December, that he will return to Brazil "in the coming weeks" because his
"mission on Earth" has not yet ended
.
"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 Boca Raton, South Florida, during a meeting on Saturday night with Brazilian supporters gathered in an evangelical church.
"It's worth the risk, you can be sure of that.
The majority of the Brazilian people are with us
," the former president of the Church of All Nations said in Portuguese, according to the Palm Beach Post, amid applause from his followers.
Mark Boykin, pastor of the evangelical church that organized the event,
introduced Bolsonaro as the "recently elected" president of Brazil
and prayed aloud that the United States and Brazil one day "learn to count when there are elections," said the aforementioned. half.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro poses for a selfie during an event at a restaurant at the Dezerland amusement park in Orlando.
Photo Reuters.
The 67-year-old retired military also stated that "everyone has a mission in life" and that his is not over yet.
Bolsonaro has been in the United States since December 30, two days before his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, took power, and is pending a "visa change" requested by his lawyer in January to stay longer. in this country, to which he arrived while still president.
During the act there were no direct references to the attack perpetrated on January 8 by Bolsonaro sympathizers at the headquarters of the three State powers in Brasilia, from which Bolsonaro timidly disassociated himself with a statement issued from Orlando.
Without mentioning the riots, according to the Palm Beach Post, Bolsonaro told his supporters that they must take risks to overcome the problems they believe the country is facing.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends an event with members of the Brazilian community at Majestic Life Church in Orlando, Florida.
Photo EFE.
At the request of the Prosecutor's Office, on January 14, the Supreme Court of Brazil included the former president in the list of those investigated for the attempted coup.
Lula's visit to the United States
Bolsonaro's announcement comes after the first visit to the United States since his inauguration by Lula da Silva, who met last Friday at the White House with his counterpart Joe Biden and together they discussed the commitment to defend democracy.
During the meeting, Biden referred to the assault on the United States Capitol in January 2021 by supporters of then-President Trump and the attack on January 8 in Brasilia by supporters of Bolsonaro.
“Our strong democracies have been put to the test,” Biden said in the Oval Office with Lula.
And he added: "Democracy triumphed."
“We must continue to defend democracy, democratic values, which is the central point of our strength,” Biden added.
"This is an important moment for both countries, in my view, and for the world."
Lula, for his part, and without mentioning Bolsonaro, said: "The last president did not like to have international relations with any country. His world began and ended with false news in the morning, afternoon and night."
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