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White House under pressure to expel Bolsonaro from the US, says Financial Times

The British newspaper Financial Times highlights the pressure from American congressmen on the White House to expel Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, from the United States (USA), where he has been since leaving office.

The FT highlighted the positions of some congressmen 🚥🇬🇧. “The US should not be a refuge for this authoritarian who inspired domestic terrorism in Brazil,” Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro told CNN. “He should be sent back to Brazil.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent American congresswoman, also called for Bolsonaro to be returned to Brazil. “We must stand in solidarity with the democratically elected government of @LulaOficial,” she wrote on Twitter on Sunday, referring to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “The US must stop granting Bolsonaro refuge in Florida.”

According to the FT, Republicans have not joined calls for Bolsonaro's deportation, although some have condemned the protests, including Florida Senator Rick Scott and Republican Congressman George Santos, whose parents were born in Brazil.

“Canada, Mexico and the United States condemn the January 8 attacks on Brazilian democracy and the peaceful transfer of power,” said US President Joe Biden in a joint statement with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Prime Minister Canadian Justin Trudeau.

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