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would like to take some time off, clear his head, and enjoy being a tourist in the United States for a few months before deciding what his
to pressure the military to overturn the October election results, which saw Lula narrowly defeat his far-right rival in a tense
run-off.Bolsonaro, a former army captain who has expressed admiration for the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, had
for the riot in Brasilia, a charge Bolsonaro rejects.After the attack, Bolsonaro said on Twitter that peaceful protest is part of democracy,
time.Bolsonaro has been in the US state of Florida, where he briefly sought care at a local hospital earlier this month for abdominal pain
linked to a knife wound he received during the 2018 presidential race, which he won.The former president previously said in an interview
with CNN Brasil that he had planned to return to Brazil by the end of January and was considering moving his departure earlier for health
reasons.He is understood to have entered the US on a visa for visiting world leaders, which expires on Tuesday as Bolsonaro is no longer on
official business.A Bolsonaro ally, former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, also was on vacation in Florida when the January 8 riot in
But Torres, who was in charge of security in Brasilia at the time of the attack, has since returned to Brazil, where he was arrested on
pledging to hold accountable all those who participated in the riots, as well as those who helped plan and carry them out.- Agencies
