Politics

Former Environment Minister seeking a party for 2022 election

Former Environment Minister Ricardo Salles during a pro-Bolsonaro demonstration. Photo: Nancy Ayumi Kunihiro/Shutterstock

Lawyer Ricardo Salles, who served as Jair Bolsonaro’s Environment Minister until late in June, says that he plans to run for office next year — eyeing up a Senate seat representing São Paulo state. Mr. Salles spoke to The Brazilian Report during the Brazilian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in Brasília.

He plans to run on the same ticket as President Bolsonaro and will follow his former boss in his own quest for a party to run for reelection in 2022.

Mr. Salles stood down as Environment Minister after being caught up in a Federal Police probe concerning illegal logging...

Amanda Audi

Amanda Audi is a journalist specializing in politics and human rights. She is the former executive director of Congresso em Foco and worked as a reporter for The Intercept Brasil, Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo, Gazeta do Povo, Poder360, among others. In 2019, she won the Comunique-se Award for best-written media reporter and won the Mulher Imprensa award for web journalism in 2020