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Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.

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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

10:08am February 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

A view through a cracked window in Brazil's presidential office building looking out at Three Powers Square in Brasília, where supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and ransacked government buildings Sunday.

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Democrats push for Bolsonaro to be booted from the U.S. as Brazil investigates riots

1:49pm January 12, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.