André Ventura, leader of the Portuguese party Chega and former candidate for the presidency of Portugal, paid tribute, this Saturday (21), to former president Jair Bolsonaro during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), held in Budapest, Hungary. Ventura called on all participants, “the whole world and all of Europe”, to thank the former Brazilian president for the “fight against corruption” and “for freedom”. Throughout the speech, Ventura also mentioned the senator and pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic Flávio Bolsonaro (PL).
The former president has been hospitalized since March 15 at the DF Star Hospital, in Brasília, after being diagnosed with bacterial bronchopneumonia. Sentenced by the Federal Supreme Court to 27 years and 3 months in prison, on charges of leading a coup plot, he is serving his sentence in the 19th Military Police Battalion, known as Papudinha.
Present at the event, former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL) reacted with a publication on
Check out André Ventura’s full speech during CPAC Hungary:
And, if you allow me, because for our Portuguese culture this is especially important, our Brazilian friend Jair Messias Bolsonaro. And I’d like to mention him here because I know — maybe you all know — but I know: he’s in prison now. He is now in prison for 27 years.
President Bolsonaro has been in prison for 27 years because he fought for freedom. Because he fought against corruption in one of the most corrupt countries in South America, which is Brazil.
You know, we have many Brazilians living in Portugal at the moment. The majority of them voted for me and voted for Chega. But they know the corruption that has taken place in Brazil in the last decade.
And we had a man, Jair Bolsonaro, fighting against corruption, fighting against Lula da Silva and fighting for a new great Brazil.
He’s now in prison and I wish the whole world, the whole of Europe — I think we should, I think he deserves it. Today is his birthday, he celebrates his birthday today, and I would like us to thank him for his fight, for the Brazilian fight and for the fight against corruption
Thank you, Jair Bolsonaro, thank you, Flavio Bolsonaro, for your fight for a new Brazil free from corruption.
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In the 2026 Portuguese presidential election, André Ventura reached the second round against the socialist António José Seguro, obtaining the best result in the history of his party. Despite being defeated, Ventura consolidated himself as the country’s main conservative leader.
CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), founded in 1974 in the USA by the American Conservative Union, is the largest global event on the right, bringing together leaders against globalism, in defense of national sovereignty, traditional values and individual freedom.
In this year’s edition, in addition to Ventura, one of the main stars was Argentine president Javier Milei.
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