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Bolsonaro says he could return to Brazil in a few weeks
12 février |
Former president Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he intends to return to Brazil “in the next few weeks.”
It is the first time Bolsonaro has made a public statement about his return. The right-wing politician is in the United States after arriving in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 31, a day before his leftist rival Luis Inácio Lula da Silva ascended to the presidency.
Saturday’s event at an evangelical church in Florida was entirely in Portuguese for a Brazilian crowd of Bolsonaro supporters living abroad, and was organized by the right-wing collective Yes Brazil USA. The former president was cheered throughout the event.
Bolsonaro’s possible return to Brazil has raised conjecture in recent weeks as to when he would do so, although several investigations related to possible illegal behavior are weighing on him.
Bolsonaro entered the United States on a one-month diplomatic visa that expired on January 31. He was accompanied by his wife and a team of presidential advisors, all of whom left Florida last month.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers recently told the Brazilian press that they had arranged a tourist visa for the former president to extend his stay in the United States.
Amid speculation about Bolsonaro’s plans, one of his sons, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, told the Brazilian press that he did not know when his father might return.
“It could be tomorrow, in six months, maybe never. I don’t know. He is resting,” he added.
For the first time in his political career of more than three decades as a lawmaker and later as president, Bolsonaro no longer enjoys the special legal protection under which he could only be tried by the Supreme Federal Court.
Bolsonaro is subject to four inquiries, which had been in the highest court but were already sent to an ordinary court last week.
One of the investigations is to determine whether Bolsonaro had any involvement in inciting the January 8 riots, in which his supporters raided government compounds in Brasília to demand the annulment of his electoral defeat to Lula.
Investigators are also seeking to determine who organized and financed the mass gathering of Bolsonaro supporters who arrived in the capital from various parts of Brazil.
One of the inquiries of the Brazilian justice system is to determine who were those responsible for inciting the crimes, and who paid the people to travel to Brasilia.
International
Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.
On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.
According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”
International
Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’
Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.
“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.
“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.
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Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.
Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.
“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.
The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”
Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.
Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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