Bolsonaro, Shinzo Abe, Fernando Villavicencio… The most notorious attacks against politicians in recent years

The assassination of Educador's candidate for the presidential elections, Fernando Villavicencio, has left the country and international public opinion perplexed. After the events and only 10 days before the elections, the Ecuadorian president, Guillermo Lasso, has decreed a state of emergency for 60 days in the country.

Over the last few years there have been other attacks against relevant political figures: the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe or the attempt against the Vice President of Argentina Cristina Fernández Kirchner at the door of her case, these are just some of the examples.

Imran Khan

During the marches against foreign interference in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot on November 3, 2022, when a man opened fire on protesters. Khan was the first minister to be dismissed in the country by a vote of no confidence, he was later disqualified by the electoral commission from running for re-election for not having declared the money he obtained from the sale of gifts received by international leaders while he was in office. in office.

Cristina Fernandez Kirchner

While greeting her supporters at the door of her house, the Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández Kirchner, was the victim of an assassination attempt.. On September 1, 2022, a man approached camouflaged in the crowd until he pointed a gun at the head of the politician, luckily the gun did not work. The attacker was a 35-year-old man of Brazilian origin with a history of illegal possession of weapons.

shinzo abe

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022.. At 67, the politician was shot while giving a speech in the city of Nara. The impacts of the bullets caused him to bleed to death in the middle of the street, without the emergency services being able to do anything.. Abe has gone down in history as Japan's longest-serving prime minister.

ariel henry

On January 1, 2022, the president of Haiti suffered an assassination attempt during an act to celebrate the anniversary of the country's independence.. The politician was unharmed in the shooting, which did cause one of the people who attended the event to die and two others to be injured. The authorities blamed what happened on bandits and terrorists.

Jovenel Moise

The Haitian politician who was not so lucky was Jovenel Moise. The former president of Haiti was assassinated on July 7, 2021 while staying at his residence in Port-au-Prince (the country's capital). The attackers were mostly Colombian ex-military.

Jair Bolsonaro

The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was stabbed in the town of Juiz de Fora, while he was campaigning on September 6, 2018. The wound to the abdomen was serious and he had to be admitted to the hospital.