BRASILIA, March 30 (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro returned from the United States on Thursday, welcomed back after three months by hundreds of chanting supporters at capital Brasilia’s airport.
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.
Supporters with Brazil flags draped around their shoulders sang the national anthem and chanted “legend” as they awaited Bolsonaro to exit the arrivals area, where security was tight.
“We are here to receive our president. His job will be to sort out this mess. The Lula government is just doing everything wrong,” said 45-year-old small business owner Anderson Clayton, wrapped in a Brazil flag.
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.
