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Added on the 16/08/2022 17:37:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives on a motorbike at a campaign rally in Santos, Sao Paulo state, four days before the first round of presidential and legislative elections. He is challenging, among others, the leftist candidate and former president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at a rally to launch his presidential campaign in a car factory of Sao Bernardo do Campo, near Sao Paulo, an industrial area where he was a lathe-mill operator before becoming a trade union leader. IMAGES
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives in Israel just ahead of the country's polls in which his ally Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tough re-election fight. 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
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.