Reuters reports:
Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro returned from three months in the United States on Thursday and was welcomed back by hundreds of chanting supporters at the Brasilia airport before heading straight into meetings with his political party.
The turnout was considerably smaller than expected by police, and a minister in leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula’s cabinet called the reception a “flop” that showed his weak leadership.
Bolsonaro, who never formally conceded defeat in last year’s election, has vowed to lead the opposition to Lula’s government, raising the stakes for the new administration after a highly polarized election.
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