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Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with the police after they stormed the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Planalto is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Pro-Bolsonaro protesters storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, presidential palace

By Diane Jeantet and David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smiles during his election certification ceremony at the Supreme Electoral Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Lula sworn in, vows accountability and rebuilding

By Mauricio Savarese and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after speaking from his official residence the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 1, 2022. Bolsonaro faces swirling legal threats. The Supreme Court is investigating him on suspicion of illegally spreading lies about topics including COVID-19 vaccines, Supreme Court justices, releasing confidential information from an ongoing investigation and interfering improperly with the Federal Police. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Bolsonaro bolts from Brazil ahead of rival’s inauguration

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Da Silva will be sworn-in on Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Days before new president, old divisions tearing at Brazil

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Electoral Court employees work on the final stage of sealing electronic voting machines in preparation for the general election run-off in Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2022, ahead of the Oct. 30 second round vote. Valdemar Costa, president of the ruling Liberal Party, is calling on the electoral authority to annul votes cast on more than half of electronic voting machines used in the Oct. 30 election, citing a software bug. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil election agency rejects Bolsonaro push to void votes

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s election body rejects Bolsonaro’s push to void votes

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro looks on after speaking from his official residence the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. This was Bolsonaro´s first public comment since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff to President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro contests Brazil election, demands votes be annulled

By David Biller and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Supporters of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva react to results in the presidential run-off election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Brazil's electoral authority announced that da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country's next president. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Lula’s team meets Bolsonaro as Brazil’s transition kicks off

By Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

With Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from brink

By Diane Jeantet and Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

A resident holds a sign that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Truck drivers, you are the pride of Brazil&quot; to show support for cargo drivers who parked their trucks on the side of the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo highway to protest the previous day’s election defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro, in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigues Da Silva)

Brazil high court orders pro-Bolsonaro roadblocks cleared

By Diane Jeantet and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president again, poses for a picture after voting in a run-off presidential election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Lula defeats Bolsonaro to become Brazil’s president

By Mauricio Saverese and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

An electoral worker installs an electronic voting machine at a polling station in preparation for the presidential run-off election, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. On Sunday, Brazilians head to the voting booth again to choose between former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who are facing each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright in the Oct. 2 general election. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest goes to voters

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

A Brazilian living in Portugal approaches the voting booth in a polling station at the University of Lisbon to vote in Brazil's presidential election, in Lisbon, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Brazilians are voting Sunday in a polarizing presidential runoff election pitting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazilians go to polls to choose between far-left ‘Lula’ or Bolsonaro, ‘Trump of the Tropics’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Journalists work during a presidential debate between Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Da Silva and Bolsonaro will face each other in a runoff on Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Bruna Brado)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula face off in last debate before vote

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Agricultural machine works at a soybean plantation at the Passatempo farm, Sidrolandia, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. President Jair Bolsonaro trusts his support among agribusiness leaders to help him win reelection later this month, while frontrunner Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tries to make inroads with rural voters with a boost from defeated presidential candidate Sen. Simone Tebet, who is from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro locking up farm votes, with boost from ex-minister

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Women listen on a mobile phone to an interview of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running again for president, with Jornal Nacional on TV Globo, outside a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 25, 2022. The Superior Electoral Court, the country's top electoral authority, announced Thursday, Oct, 20, that it would be banning &quot;false or seriously decontextualized&quot; content that “affects the integrity of the electoral process.” No request from a prosecutor or complainant is necessary for the court to take action. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Brazilian voters bombarded with misinformation before vote

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

A woman holds a Brazilian flag with the image of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, after general election polls closed in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ton Molina)

Trump hails Bolsonaro’s performance in first round of Brazil’s election

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, talks to press as he arrives to a polling station to vote in the general elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Da Silva, Bolsonaro head to runoff in Brazil’s presidential race

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Electoral workers move electronic voting machine boxes at a distribution center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Brazil holds historic election with Lula against Bolsonaro

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for a second term, rides a horse at the Barretos Rodeo International Festival in Barretos, Sao Paulo state Brazil, Aug. 26, 2022. Bolsonaro is betting on a program crafted to distribute land ownership to thousands of rural farmers as a tool to win over some countryside voters and eventually beat Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 2, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes land titles will lure rural votes

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press