Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he regretted the assault on the headquarters of the three branches of government staged in Brasilia by a group of his followers on Jan. 8.
The latest in Latin American politics today: Bolivian police detain opposition governor, interior minister says LA PAZ - Bolivian police have detained Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Santa Cruz and a prominent opposition leader, Bolivia's interior minister Carlos Eduardo del Castillo del Carpio said on Twitter. Authorities have not said why Camacho was arrested but he recently led a multi-week standstill, blocking streets and halting trade over the timing of a population census that would likely hand the region more tax revenues and seats in Congress.
Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro of the rightwing Liberal Party (PL) Monday insisted the country s Judiciary wanted him to lose this year s elections, following Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes decision to ban Telegram unless some content was removed.
The government's solicitor general, Bruno Bianco, went in Bolsonaro's place and filed an injunction before the Supreme Court appealing against Justice Alexandre de Moraes' subpoena, but the judge archived the request saying it was too late.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro did not show up to testify on Friday, after a Supreme Court Justice subpoenaed him and ordered federal police to question him in an investigation about leaked documents.