“Ask the father of a kidnapped child what he would like him to do to discover [where the kid is]. You have to take brutal measures, which some consider torture”
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Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
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2026· 29 entries
“not worth raping; she is very ugly”
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“make better [economic] deals”
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“is not a country, so there should be no embassy here”
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“views on gun ownership, abortion, gender politics, and trade, despite the”
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“any effort by [the] former minister Sergio Moro to resolve the matter”
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“s wounds were only superficial and he was recovering in the hospital, but he later said the wounds seemed worse than initially thought and his father most likely would not be able to start campaigning personally before the end of the first round. He posted on Twitter about his father”
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LaRed21: Sebastián Da Silva: “Yo soy admirador de Jair Bolsonaro”
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The Spectator Australia: Does Brazil want another Bolsonaro?
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elmundo.com.bo: Autorizan a Jair Bolsonaro recibir atención oncológica
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wtvbam.com: Brazil’s Bolsonaro campaign adds Sachsida, market figures to policy team
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Infobae: La Justicia de Brasil autorizó a Jair Bolsonaro a salir de prisión domiciliaria para recibir atención odontológica
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vijesti.me: Lula da Silva condemns foreign interference in Brazilian politics, Bolsonaro says it's hard to compare Pele's son
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The Guardian: Brazil’s Lula launches historic fourth term bid – but son of jailed Bolsonaro stands in his way
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Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro kick off their presidential campaigns
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Reuters: EXCLUSIVE: Bolsonaro campaign drafts debt-linked fiscal rule to replace Brazil framework, sources say
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Ambito: El juez Alexandre de Moraes le negó a Jair Bolsonaro una visita familiar por el Día del Padre
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LA17: Justicia brasileña le niega a Jair Bolsonaro la visita de sus hijos por el Día del Padre
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upi.com: Brazil's top court blocks Bolsonaro from seeing sons on Father's Day
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La Nación: Hijo de Jair Bolsonaro condenó expresiones de Lula hacia la Triple Alianza
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EFE - Agencia de noticias: La Corte Suprema de Brasil rechaza el pedido de Jair Bolsonaro de recibir a sus hijos por el Día del Padre - EFE
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Infobae: El Tribunal Supremo de Brasil rechazó el pedido de Jair Bolsonaro para recibir a sus hijos en el Día del Padre
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Gizmodo: Jair Bolsonaro’s AI Clone Is Already Causing Trouble in Brazil’s Election
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Yahoo: Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro denies authorizing deepfake for election message
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Yahoo: Brazil court bars Bolsonaro’s son from visiting ex-president for 90 days
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The Guardian: Jair Bolsonaro’s son sentenced to four years in jail for seeking US interference in father’s Brazil coup trial
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The Guardian: Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro
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2025· 4 entries
The Wall Street Journal: Jair Bolsonaro
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Al Jazeera English: Brazil’s Supreme Court orders Jair Bolsonaro to begin prison sentence
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New York Post: Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro detained by police, lawyer says
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Bolsonaro's son said he was transported to a hospital in Brasília after reportedly feeling sick
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2023· 3 entries
India Today rated the claim “These photos of a sea of protestors and a man in exotic headgear is from the insurrection in Brazil's capital by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro.” Half true.
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India Today rated the claim “Brazilian Police crashed into Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son Flavio Bolsonaro’s private plane as he attempted to flee the country.” Mostly false.
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India Today rated the claim “Video shows supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered to ransack the National Congress.” Half true.
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2022· 3 entries
Election lost: 2022 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2022 presidential election.
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Praised the role of BRICS during the 2008 financial crisis and described BRICS cooperation as a "factor of stability and prosperity in the international situation"
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2021· 5 entries
Reported claimRated Official data shows the rate of deforestation in August this year is down on the rate in August 2020, but NGOs say the overall trend is still upwards. · BBC
Claimed: “"In the Amazon, deforestation was reduced by 32% in August in comparison with August the previous year... 84% of the forest is intact"” — rated Official data shows the rate of deforestation in August this year is down on the rate in August 2020, but NGOs say the overall trend is still upwards. by BBC.
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Reported claimRated True when you look at supply to the country's electricity grid but just under half all the energy produced in Brazil was from renewable sources. · BBC
Claimed: “"Brazil is already an example in energy generation, with 83% coming from renewable sources"” — rated True when you look at supply to the country's electricity grid but just under half all the energy produced in Brazil was from renewable sources. by BBC.
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Reported claimRated Using World Bank population figures, more than 84% of the over 14s in Brazil have had a single dose. · BBC
Claimed: “"More than 140 million Brazilians, representing almost 90% of our adult population, have received...the first dose."” — rated Using World Bank population figures, more than 84% of the over 14s in Brazil have had a single dose. by BBC.
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VOA rated the claim ““President Bolsonaro presented a lot of news in regard to the Brazilian position [to fight climate change]” during the Leader’s Summit on Climate in Washington.” Misleading.
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Claimed: ““Brazilian agribusiness does not deforest the Amazon. It generates clean energy and helps to conserve the forest that occupies 61% of Brazil's territory.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2020· 6 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said, “In the Pfizer contract it's very clear: 'we're not responsible for any side effects.' If you turn into a crocodile, it's your problem.”” Correct Attribution.
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Awarded Ig Nobel Prize (2020).
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Awarded Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption (Ironic denominación, not a real award) (2020).
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Awarded Time 100 (2020).
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Claimed: “"We are the country that most preserves the environment in the world. Unjustly, the most criticized."” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an international non-governmental organization that investigates crime and corruption, gave Bolsonaro its Person of the Year Award, which "recognizes the indi
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2019· 10 entries
AP News rated the claim “Video shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being ignored by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan.” False.
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Awarded Time 100 (2019).
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Claimed: “"There is no doubt. Socialist party, how is it? Germany’s National Socialist Party.”” — rated False by The Washington Post.
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“currently, all 36 members of the organization support the entry of the country, fruit of confidence in the new Brazil being built, more free, open and fair”
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Career landmark: President of Brazil (2019–2022).
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Career landmark: Mercosur Pro Tempore Presidency (2019–2019).
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Career landmark: Brazilian presidential inauguration.
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“état, which overthrew President João Goulart, was not a coup, and that 31 March, the day the coup was installed, should be”
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“the discussions with the United States will begin in the coming months”
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Already in power, Bolsonaro commended Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner as a "visionary" and "statesman", drawing immediate criticism, particularly due to multiple allegations of pedophilia against Stroessner
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2018· 6 entries
And China is only the 13th largest source of foreign direct investment into Brazil
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Bolsonaro and his wife lived in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
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In 2018 Bolsonaro and his wife lived in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
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“s foreign relations, saying that the”
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Career landmark: attempted assassination of Jair Bolsonaro.
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Career landmark: President-elect of Brazil (2018–2018).
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2017· 2 entries
In an event at the Hebraica club in Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro promised to abolish all indigenous and Quilombola territories in Brazil, saying that he would not cede "a centimiter" of land to these groups
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“God above everything. There is no such thing as a secular state. The state is Christian, and any minority that is against this has to change, if they can.”
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2016· 2 entries
Is John 8:32: "The truth will set you free"
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Was re-baptized along with three of his sons, Flávio, Carlos and Eduardo, in the Jordan River by a member of a Pentecostal church
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2015· 1 entry
Bolsonaro argued that men and women should not receive the same salaries, because women get pregnant, adding that he believes federal law mandating paid maternity leave harms work productivity
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2014· 1 entry
Was the congressman who gained the most votes in Rio de Janeiro, with 465,000
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2013· 1 entry
“no father is ever proud of having a gay son”
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2011· 4 entries
“I would be incapable of loving a gay son”
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Was accused of racism after questioning the capabilities of Black and indigenous graduates who benefitted from affirmative action, claiming that he would not fly on an airplane piloted by one of them, nor accept a doc
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When asked by the Afro-Brazilian singer Preta Gil on TV show Custe o Que Custar (CQC) what he would do if one of his sons had a black girlfriend, he answered that he "would not discuss promiscuity" and that there was "no
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To the Custe o Que Custar television programme, when Bolsonaro stated that "there is no risk" of his family producing a homosexual child because his children had a "good education"
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2007· 1 entry
Married his third wife, Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo, with whom he has a daughter named Laura
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2002· 1 entry
“If I see two men kissing in the street, I will beat them.”
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1999· 3 entries
Bolsonaro said that Hugo Chávez represented "hope for Latin America", comments that became a matter of controversy during the 2018 campaign, when Bolsonaro presented himself as a harsh critic of Chavismo
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Talking about Chico Lopes, a former president of the Brazilian Central Bank who invoked his right to remain silent during a Congress hearing, Bolsonaro declared himself in favor of torture in this sort of situation
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When he was 44 years old and a representative in the Brazilian Congress, Bolsonaro said during a TV interview that the only way of "changing" Brazil was by "killing thirty thousand people, beginning with Fernando Henriqu
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1995· 15 entries
“Temos de dar direitos humanos para seres humanos, não para marginais.”
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“Seria incapaz de amar um filho homossexual. Não vou dar uma de hipócrita aqui: prefiro que um filho meu morra num acidente do que apareça com um bigodudo por aí. Para mim ele vai ter morrido mesmo.”
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“Competência? É problema do deputado. Se quiser botar uma prostituta no meu gabinete, eu boto. Se quiser botar a minha mãe, eu boto. É problema meu.”
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“Não vou combater nem discriminar, mas, se eu vir dois homens se beijando na rua, vou bater.”
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“Não consigo entender como o MST, com toda a força e o dinheiro que tem, falando a nossa língua, não consegue terras. O índio, sem falar a nossa língua, fedorento - é o mínimo que posso falar -, na maioria das vezes, vem para cá, sem qualquer noção de educação, fazer lobby.”
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“Através do voto você não vai mudar nada nesse país, absolutamente nada. Só vai mudar, infelizmente, quando um dia nós partirmos para uma guerra civil aqui dentro. E fazer um trabalho que o regime militar não fez, matando uns 30 mil, começando pelo FHC. Se vai morrer alguns inocentes, tudo bem. Em tudo quanto é guerra morrem inocentes.”
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“Pinochet devia ter matado mais gente.”
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“Devemos adotar uma rígida política de controle da natalidade. Não podemos mais fazer discursos demagógicos, apenas cobrando recursos e meios do governo para atender a esses miseráveis que proliferam cada vez mais por toda esta nação.”
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“Não adianta nem falar em educação porque a maioria do povo não está preparada para receber educação e não vai se educar. Só o controle da natalidade pode nos salvar do caos.”
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“Se Deus quiser, vamos voltar. Só que teremos guilhotina e não haverá esta bagunça que está aí.”
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“What debt [of slavery]? I never enslaved anyone in my life. Look, if you really look at history, the Portuguese didn’t even step foot in Africa. The blacks themselves turned over the slaves.”
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“My country has been on the verge of socialism, which has put us in a state of widespread corruption, serious economic recession, high criminality rates and unending attacks on the family and religious values that underpin our traditions.”
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“Eu tenho cinco filhos. Foram quatro homens, a quinta eu dei uma fraquejada e veio uma mulher.”
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“Ela não merece porque ela é muito ruim, porque ela é muito feia, não faz meu gênero, jamais a estupraria. Eu não sou estuprador, mas, se fosse, não iria estuprar, porque não merece.”
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“Parlamentar não deve andar de ônibus. Fui ser deputado federal para não andar de ônibus, fusca, van, morar bem e pensar no bem do povo e da minha família.”
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1993· 1 entry
Eight years after the return of democracy, that the military regime had "led to a more sustainable and prosperous Brazil"
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: federal deputy of Rio de Janeiro (1991–2018).
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1990· 1 entry
Was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a representative for the state of Rio de Janeiro
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: councillor of Rio de Janeiro (1989–1991).
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1988· 1 entry
When he was elected to serve as a city councilor in Rio de Janeiro, representing the Christian Democratic Party (PDC)
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1987· 1 entry
Studied in the Officers Improvement School, where he completed the Artillery Advanced Course
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1986· 2 entries
After he wrote an article for Veja magazine criticizing the low wages of military officers, after which he was arrested and detained for fifteen days
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When he wrote an article published in the news magazine Veja
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1974· 1 entry
Went to the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras (Brazil's premier military academy), graduating in 1977 as an artillery officer
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1973· 1 entry
And graduated from the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras in 1977
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1955· 2 entries
Born 1955-03-21.
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“, Folha de S.Paulo (23 December 2020) === 2021 === Enough fussing and whining. How much longer will the crying go on? Said about the Covid-19 pandemic, as quoted in”
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