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Bolsonaro Resurfaces in Orlando, Vowing to Stay in Politics

  • Brazil’s former president says he’s not done with politics yet
  • Bolsonaro holds first public gathering since leaving Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro in Orlando on Jan. 31.
Jair Bolsonaro in Orlando on Jan. 31.Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has reemerged from a self-imposed exile in Florida to tell supporters he’s not done. 

At a Tuesday night event in Orlando filled with prayers and patriotic symbols, he urged a captive audience to keep tuning into him with an eye to the country’s own midterm elections in two years time.