Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is welcomed back by hundreds of his supporters at the capital Brasilia's airport as he returns from the US
Bolsonaro, who never conceded defeat in last year's election, is expected to lead the opposition to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, officials in Bolsonaro's PL party say.
"We are here to receive our president. His job will be to sort out this mess. The Lula government is just doing everything wrong," 45-year-old small business owner Anderson Clayton said on Thursday. Bolsonaro, who never conceded defeat in last year's election, is expected to lead the opposition to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, officials in Bolsonaro's PL party said.
The 68-year-old former president will proceed from the airport to the headquarters of PL, which became the largest party in the House and the second largest in the Senate after the last election.Bolsonaro left for the United States two days before he was due to hand over the presidential sash to Lula on Jan. 1.
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