Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro Spending his days in Orlando, he was seen eating fried chicken and strolling through a supermarket, while in Brazilian territory his followers were preparing to invade Congress, the presidential palace and the Court. Even if he denied being the instigator of the attacks, in the United States rumors begin to grow for him to be extradited to your country.
With the argument of his health problems – it has emerged that he would be hospitalized this Monday in an Orlando hospital – he could try to obtain an extension of his hospitalization for humanitarian reasons.
With the very fresh memory of the assault on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 – two years ago – several Washington deputies asked Joe Biden’s government not to grant asylum to what is considered a “tropical Trump”, who arrived in Florida days earlier of the inauguration of Lula Da Silva.
As the tycoon did with Biden, Bolsonaro has refused to pass presidential attributes to his successor and quietly went off to settle in Orlando, in the state where his friend Trump resides. Many speculated that he had tried to flee the country before losing his immunity, fearing he could face legal proceedings.
The arrival of the Brazilian had not aroused much concern in Washington and Bolsonaro had chosen a low profile. He was barely seen eating chicken at KFC on Lula’s opening day and one video circulated of him shopping at a supermarket and another with a few followers outside his rented house.
But after the assault on the main democratic institutions of Brasilia, Bolsonaro came to the fore and the repudiation of the United States was clear.
This Monday, the White House condemned the attack again, this time in a statement together with Andrés López Obrador and Justin Trudeau. The three leaders are at a summit in Mexico.
“Canada, Mexico and the United States condemn the January 8 attacks on Brazilian democracy,” he stressed I support Lula and the Brazilian people.
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Biden has had a strained relationship with Bolsonaro, who has always been a Trump admirer and has gone against highly praised White House policies such as global warming and deforestation in the Amazon.
In the United States began to appear the first orders to be shipped back to their country. Democrat Joaquín Castro, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN that Bolsonaro used “Trump’s script to inspire domestic terrorists to try to take over the government.”
“He’s in Florida, hanging out with Trump. He’s a dangerous man, he should be sent back to Brazil.”
Young Progressive Democrat Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Nearly two years after the Capitol was attacked by fascists, we see fascist movements abroad trying to do the same in Brazil,” and said, “The United States does not they should host this authoritarian man who inspired internal terrorism in Brazil”.
Democratic representative Ilhan Omar joined, who also recalled the January 6 attack in the United States and expressed her solidarity with Lula and the Brazilian people and said that “Bolsonaro should not have refuge in Florida.”
The extradition is expected to be considered by the Joe Biden administration’s Justice Department, and the House of Representatives could also attempt the procedure. But House Representatives are now controlled by Republicans, many of whom are close to Trump.
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It was not disclosed what type of visa Bolsonaro has nor how long he estimated to stay. But despite growing calls from Washington lawmakers, experts have said any decision to expel Bolsonaro from the US may not be quick.
Todd Landman, a professor of political science at the University of Nottingham, told NBC News that “they should have very strong evidence that there is a direct link or a set of explicit instructions coming from Bolsonaro to do it,” he said. .
From Miami, Florida, said Marcela Rodríguez, an immigration attorney clarion that it is possible that Bolsonaro entered on a tourist visa because it would have been risky for him to present himself with another as president because they expire once the mandate has expired.
Emphasize that a visa is one thing and a stay is another. The visa has a certain validity but the stay is determined by the official who stamps the entry into the country. “At most it can be six months,” she explains.
“When it expires, your visa can be revoked and you will no longer be able to enter. But it is very difficult for your stay to be revoked, you should have committed a crime or have committed a proven crime », she specifies.
“If Bolsonaro claims health problems, perhaps he could ask for an extension of his stay on humanitarian grounds,” Rodríguez says, a key issue after it emerged the Brazilian had been hospitalized.
Apart from the fact that neither Biden nor the US deputies like Bolsonaro could apply for asylumalthough it is not very likely that they will.
“There’s not much support. Due to a criminal investigation, he will not be granted asylum. They will not cheat possible criminals. It should demonstrate that the persecution is political,” Rodríguez explains.
In a series of tweets, Bolsonaro denied on Sunday evening that he was the instigator of the attacks on buildings in Brasilia. He repudiated the fact and said the violent attacks were “an exception to the rule”.
It is not known what the Brazilian’s intentions are in the United States or how long he intends to stay in Florida. It has emerged that his children have been to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence several times in recent months, perhaps to prepare for an exit.
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