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Added on the 17/08/2022 09:30:22 - Copyright : France 24 EN
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says "we expect victory, for the good of Brazil," as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in a tight presidential runoff in which he faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at an event accompanied by his wife Michelle Bolsonaro, to launch his presidential campaign in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, where he was nearly killed in a stabbing attack four years ago. IMAGES
Brazilian police officers leave the headquarters of Bolsonaro's Liberal Party with seized objects, one of the dozens of raids carried targeting suspects accused of orchestrating an invasion of the seat of power last year. The raids were authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also ordered that multiple suspects be suspended from public duties and surrender their passports within 24 hours. That included Bolsonaro, whose lawyer and adviser Fabio Wajngarten confirmed in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the far-right ex-army captain would comply with the order. IMAGES
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro arrives at Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont airport, from Brasilia, as his trial resumes before the Brazilian electoral courts, a crucial date for the far-right ex-president, threatened with eight years of ineligibility barely six months after leaving office with a heavy heart. IMAGES
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro casts his vote in the second round of Brazil's presidential election, as the incumbent faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES