Politics

Former President Jair Bolsonaro returns to Brazil

He left the country two days before the end of his term

Daniella Almeida - Repórter da Agência Brasil

Published on 30/03/2023 - 10:08

Brasília

Former President Jair Bolsonaro arrived at Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in Brasília at 6:40 a.m. this Thursday (Mar. 30), after spending three months in Orlando, USA.

He left for the United States two days before he was due to hand over the presidential sash to Lula on Jan. 1.

For security reasons, Bolsonaro did not leave the airport through the usual arrival hall, but he used an alternative route.

Hundreds of supporters of the former president arrived at dawn at the airport and squeezed through the bars that delimited the space, carrying flags and posters.

They sang the National Anthem and shouted slogans. Journalists were verbally harassed by the crowd.

The Military Police have beefed up security, closing traffic on roads leading to the airport to prevent the risk of violent protests.

The former president headed from the airport to the headquarters of the conservative Liberal Party (PL), where he was received by his wife Michelle Bolsonaro, the party's leader Valdemar Costa Neto, and the PL secretary of Institutional Relations, Army General Braga Neto.