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- Toronto Star
Division among Brazilians over Bolsonaro house arrest order could set the tone for next election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians were divided Tuesday over a house arrest order against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office. The division could set the tone for next year's general election. Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday issued the order in a case that has gripped the South American country even as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration.
Winnipeg Free Press
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Division among Brazilians over Bolsonaro house arrest order could set the tone for next election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians were divided Tuesday over a house arrest order against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office. The division could set the tone for next year's general election. Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday issued the order in a case that has gripped the South American country even as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. Supporters of the far-right leader and some moderates see the ruling as harsh, while allies of incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other moderates want to move on and leave the issue for the judiciary. Creomar de Souza, a political analyst with Dharma Political Risk and Strategy, a political consultancy firm based in Brasilia, said that could be the dynamic of next year's election. 'One is the effort of Bolsonaro supporters to keep strong on the right, no matter if it is pushing for amnesty in congress or putting themselves physically out there,' the analyst said. 'The second is how the Lula administration will try to show that the country has a government.' Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who put Bolsonaro on trial for his alleged role in the coup plot to keep him in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election, ordered the 70-year-old former president's arrest for violating precautionary measures imposed on him by spreading content through his three lawmaker sons. That decision followed one from the court last month ordering Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor and to obey a curfew while the proceedings are underway. The polarization between supporters and critics of the former president took Brazil's congress by storm Tuesday and was also reflected in figures from pollster Quaest, which say 53% are favorable to the order against the far-right leader and 47% against it. Analysts expect another narrow election next year, with Lula running for reelection and Bolsonaro barred. The political repercussions in Brazil are getting attention from the U.S. government as President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally's judicial situation. Late on Monday, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs condemned the far-right leader's order for house arrest and attacked de Moraes. Bolsonaro blockade Since de Moraes' order, Bolsonaro allies are pledging to stop congress unless an amnesty bill is passed in favor of the far-right leader and his supporters involved in the coup plot probe. Early on Tuesday, a group of 40 pro-Bolsonaro lawmakers told journalists in the capital Brasilia they will push hard for the former president's release. Altineu Cortes, the conservative deputy speaker of the lower house, said he will put the amnesty bill to a vote if he gets the chance. 'I've already told speaker Hugo Motta that I will do that in the first moment I am working as the speaker of the house during one of his trips abroad,' Cortes said. Later, many of the same lawmakers protested in the lower house and the senate by blocking access to the presiding tables. 'This is an arbitrary action,' said Sen. Davi Alcolumbre, the president of Brazil's senate. 'I call for serenity and spirit of cooperation. We need to start working with respect, civility and dialogue so congress can fulfill its mission in favor of Brazil and our population.' Members of Brazil's opposition say such a move would also allow Bolsonaro to run in next year's election, from which he was barred by the country's top electoral court for abuse of power in 2022. That claim is denied by many legal experts and also by Supreme Court justices. Moving on Meanwhile, Lula and his allies initially showed they wanted to move past the issue of Bolsonaro's house arrest and focus on trade negotiations with Trump, who imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian import goods starting Wednesday. Trump's justification for the measure was what he called unfair treatment of the far-right leader. 'I don't want to speak about what happened to that other Brazilian citizen who tried to stage a coup,' Lula said during a long speech in Brasilia on Tuesday. The leftist leader added he will not call Trump to talk about trade 'because he doesn't want to' speak about it. Lula said he might instead 'invite him to attend (November's climate summit) COP in Belem.' 'I came here with the compromise of not wasting much time speaking about tariffs. I will just say the least I can. If I didn't (say anything) you would go: 'Why didn't Lula speak about it? Is he afraid of Trump?' And I don't want you to leave with that impression,' he said. Members of Lula's Cabinet have also avoided discussing Bolsonaro's future. A Brazilian government staffer told The Associated Press that Lula told his ministers that his reelection depends on governing, not on his predecessor's future. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the matter publicly. Moderates speak If the next Brazilian election has the same standard of the previous face off between Lula and Bolsonaro, the winner will be decided by turnout and a very slim number of moderates. Gov. Eduardo Leite, a moderate from the Rio Grande do Sul state, embodied the split among many Brazilian voters who will likely have to chose one of the two camps in 2026. A critic of de Moraes' actions against Bolsonaro, Leite does not condone the former president's actions either. 'I don't like the idea of a former president not being able to speak, and even less see him get arrested for that before he is put on trial at the Supreme Court,' Leite said. 'Our country does not deserve to remain hostage to this legal-political tug of war that only hinders us all.' Gilberto Kassab, the chairman of the centrist Social Democratic Party, has both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters in his party's ranks and said 'exaggeration on both sides are contaminating Brazil.' 'I express my solidarity to the former president, I regret his arrest without discussing the merits of the issue. This is all that the country did not need,' Kassab said in a statement. ___ Follow AP's coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at
Winnipeg Free Press
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Threatening geese a serious fowl, judge advises woman out $300 after cellphone video cooks her goose
This one's for the birds. They leave city sidewalks and parks slick with poop, bring traffic to a standstill when they waddle lazily across the roadway and honk angrily at anyone who has the nerve to get in their way. We speak of the Canadian Goose. PHIL HOSSACK / FREE PRESS FILES A Winnipeg woman learned the hard way that Canadian geese are nationally protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. The woman admitted to 'harrassing' a nesting goose and it earned her a $300 fine. The nationally protected bird has cost one frustrated Winnipeg woman a $300 fine after she admitted to 'harassing' a nesting goose, an offence under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. The now-20-year-old woman was trying to visit a friend at a Henderson Highway apartment in May 2024 when a nesting goose blocked her car's path, Crown attorney Joan Schmidt told court. The woman threw a bottle of leather cleaner and a pylon at the bird in an effort to chase it away. 'Canadian geese are protected under legislation, so if you throw things at them to move them off where they are, that is under the definition of harassing,' Schmidt said. An area resident recorded the incident on her cellphone and forwarded it to the Conservation Officer Service a day later. An environment officer tracked down the owner of the vehicle seen on the video, who confirmed his daughter had been driving it that night. In an interview with an environment officer the following day, the woman admitted to her involvement, saying 'she was not in her right head space' after just learning she was pregnant. The woman told court last month she wasn't trying to harm the bird. 'I tried to get into my friend's apartment and they were in the way,' said the woman, who was accompanied to court by her mother. 'I was just trying to move them, I was trying to scare it away,' she said. 'You understand that they are protected birds?' provincial court Judge Kelly Moar asked the woman. 'Now I know,' she said. However frustrating geese might be, 'you have to bide your time, be patient,' Moar said. 'Patience is a good thing to learn, anyway,' he said. The woman was not represented in court by a lawyer. The woman and her mother resisted a suggestion earlier in the hearing that they seek legal advice, saying they had already been to court three times on the matter and just wanted to 'clear it off' and pay the fine. 'As frustrating as geese can sometimes be… because they can be aggressive, especially when they are nesting… they are protected in Canada and you just have to work around them.'– Crown attorney Joan Schmidt 'We just want this to end,' the woman's mother told court. 'We don't want to waste any more time.' Schmidt said the standard fine for the offence is $740, but told Moar a lower fine would be sufficient to send a message to the woman and the community that the rights of the birds must be respected. 'As frustrating as geese can sometimes be — because they can be aggressive, especially when they are nesting — they are protected in Canada and you just have to work around them,' Schmidt said. Winnipeg city councillor Vivian Santos said she receives complaints about geese each year. 'Most of the time, the complaints that come in are usually around the retention ponds. That's where a lot of the geese will come and lay their eggs, and then… it ends up becoming what looks like hundreds (of them),' said Santos (Point Douglas). 'They create a bit of a mess.' The councillor noted provincial rules are in place to help conserve geese, in addition to federal laws. Noting geese can be aggressive, the councillor said the city requires developers to 'naturalize' retention ponds, which helps deter the birds. 'We've changed our standards of our ponds. So, you'll see they'll have cattails now and naturalized grass,' said Santos. She said the city has obtained federal permits at times in the past to remove goose eggs from nests on major roadways to reduce safety concerns. 'The only way that the City of Winnipeg will cull the eggs… is if they're noticing that they're in high-traffic locations, which (can) cause accidents, because people will tend to slow down and not want to hit them.'– Winnipeg city councillor Vivian Santos 'The only way that the City of Winnipeg will cull the eggs… is if they're noticing that they're in high-traffic locations, which (can) cause accidents, because people will tend to slow down and not want to hit them,' said Santos. In an email, city spokeswoman Pam McKenzie said the City of Winnipeg doesn't officially track the number of complaints it receives about geese. Weekday Mornings A quick glance at the news for the upcoming day. 'Anecdotally, the number of complaints we do receive is very low. Geese are protected under the Migratory Birds Act and are under federal jurisdiction,' wrote McKenzie. Despite many geese gathering at Memorial Park recently, a provincial government spokesman said the department that manages that park has received no complaints about the waterfowl this year. In an email, the spokesman noted a 'squawk box' audio device was installed to deter geese from the property in 2022. Visitors are advised not to feed the birds. Dean PritchardCourts reporter Dean Pritchard is courts reporter for the Free Press. He has covered the justice system since 1999, working for the Brandon Sun and Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 2019. Read full biography Joyanne PursagaReporter Born and raised in Winnipeg, Joyanne loves to tell the stories of this city, especially when politics is involved. Joyanne became the city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press in early 2020. 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