Thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro flexed his political muscle and hit out at an election ban that has seen him barred from seeking office for eight years.
The Rio raid came after days of deadly police crackdowns on drug trafficking gangs that have left 16 dead in Sao Paulo state and 19 killed in the northeastern state of Bahia.
BRASÍLIA, Jan 22 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sacked the commander of Brazil’s army yesterday, two weeks after an election-denying mob loyal to his far-right.
In our news wrap Saturday, Brazil’s president fired Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda after calling some members of the army complicit in the Jan. 9 capital riot, Ukraine’s president attended the funeral of officials killed in a helicopter crash, the DOJ is investigating a plant at the center of last year’s baby formula shortage, and prosecutors called former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes a flight risk.
In our news wrap Tuesday, much of California caught a break from the rain but communities are still facing flooding and mudslide dangers, the White House rejected criticism that it's been slow to answer questions about classified documents being found at President Biden's home and former office and the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a Ukraine apartment building reached 45.