Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes tearful final broadcast and leaves country

Jun 30, 2023

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, flew out of the country’s capital, Brasília, before the inauguration of his leftist successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In a tearful final broadcast to supporters, Bolsonaro sought to justify his tumultuous four-year reign during which the coronavirus pandemic killed nearly 700,000 citizens and Amazon deforestation soared.

Source: Reuters