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Renan Calheiros
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Senator Renan Calheiros is making headlines in Brazil after rejecting claims that he supports President Lula and turning his fire on Flávio Bolsonaro, asking rhetorically who is helping the PT's rising star. The barbed exchange between the veteran pmdb-aligned senator and the Bolsonaro family is fueling speculation about shifting alliances ahead of the next elections.
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Renan Calheiros is out of the Senate after more than 30 years, marking the end of one of the longest and most influential careers in Brazilian legislative politics. The former Senate president from Alagoas failed to secure a seat in the latest elections, closing a chapter that included decades of backroom power-broking, impeachment trial votes and repeated legal controversies.