Carla Zambelli

Zambelli was born on 3 July 1980 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

In 2017 she declared herself a monarchist, after conversations with members of the imperial family.{{cite journal|last=Viegas|first=Nonato|date=November 16, 2017|title=Líder de movimento que pediu impeachment de Dilma agora é monarquista|url=https://epoca.globo.com/politica/expresso/noticia/2017/11/lider-de-movimento-que-pediu-impeachment-de-dilma-agora-e-monarquista.html|journal=ÉPOCA|access-date=November 15, 2018}} She is against affirmative action, except for people with disabilities.{{cite web|url=http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/noticias/POLITICA/564255-CARLA-ZAMBELLI-DEFENDE-COMBATE-A-CORRUPCAO-E-CRITICA-ATUACAO-DA-BANCADA-FEMININA.html|publisher=Câmara dos Deputados|title=Carla Zambelli defende combate à corrupção e critica atuação da bancada feminina|date=October 15, 2018|access-date=October 17, 2018}}

In the elections of 2018, she was elected federal deputy by the PSL.{{cite journal|date=March 5, 2018|title=Zambelli no PSL – O Antagonista|url=https://www.oantagonista.com/brasil/zambelli-no-psl/|journal=O Antagonista}}{{cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/10/08/interna_politica,710990/deputados-e-senadores-campeoes-de-votos.shtml|publisher=Correio Braziliense|title=Conheça os deputados e senadores campeões de votos nas eleições de 2018|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=October 17, 2018}} She said that her line of action in the Chamber of Deputies will continue to be the fight against corruption. According to Zambelli, this will be done through three pillars: "less state, more justice and real education."

In April 2022, she stated that she was gathering support for fellow lawmaker Daniel Silveira to be given amnesty.{{cite news|title= Brazil: Bolsonarist lawmakers want amnesty for convicted federal deputy|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2022/04/22/brazil-bolsonarist-lawmakers-want-amnesty-for-convicted-federal-deputy|date=22 April 2022|work=Merco Press}}

On May 30, 2020, while on the {{ill|Brasil Urgente|pt}} show, Zambelli stated that empty coffins were being buried in the state of Ceará, supposedly as an attempt to inflate COVID-19 death statistics. The photograph mentioned by Zambelli as evidence was later shown to have been taken in 2017, in the state of São Paulo, and was part of an investigation of a case of life insurance fraud.{{ cite web | url=https://g1.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/coronavirus/noticia/2020/04/30/e-fake-que-foto-mostre-caixao-enterrado-vazio-para-inflar-dados-de-mortos-por-coronavirus-em-manaus.ghtml | title=É #FAKE que foto mostre caixão enterrado vazio para inflar dados de mortos por coronavírus em Manaus | language=pt-br | trans-title=It's #FAKE that photo shows empty coffin buried to inflate data of dead by coronavirus in Manaus | first=Roberta | last=Pennafort | work=CBN | date=April 30, 2020 }} Zambelli's statement prompted Ceará's government to declare they would take "appropriate judicial measures".{{ cite web | url=https://www.aredacao.com.br/noticias/133372/governo-do-ceara-vai-processar-zambelli-por-mentiras-sobre-caixoes-vazios | title=Governo do Ceará vai processar Zambelli por mentiras sobre caixões vazios | language=pt-br | trans-title=Government of Ceará to sue Zambelli for lies about empty coffins | date=May 1, 2020 }}

On August 18, 2020, Zambelli's press service announced she had contracted COVID-19, and would begin treatment using hydroxychloroquine.{{ cite web | url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2020/08/19/interna_politica,1177456/carla-zambelli-positivo-covid-19-e-diz-que-tomara-hidroxicloroquina.shtml | title=Carla Zambelli testa positivo para COVID-19 e diz que tomará hidroxicloroquina | language=pt-br | trans-title=Carla Zambelli tests positive for COVID-19 and says she'll take hydroxychloroquine | website=Estado de Minas | date=August 19, 2020 | access-date=August 29, 2020 }} Despite its potential negative health side effects, Zambelli has praised the drug on multiple occasions, and attributed the First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro's recovery of COVID-19 to hydroxychloroquine.{{ cite tweet | first=Carla | last=Zambelli | user=CarlaZambelli38 | number=1295337874292985856 | date=August 17, 2020 | title=Com o uso da hidroxicloroquina, primeira-dama, Michelle está curada! | lang=pt-br | trans-title=Using hydroxychloroquine, first-lady, Michelle is cured! | link=https://twitter.com/CarlaZambelli38/status/1295337874292985856 | access-date=August 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817123414/https://twitter.com/CarlaZambelli38/status/1295337874292985856 | archive-date=August 17, 2020 | url-status=live }}

On August 24, 2020, Zambelli was hospitalized for "clinical exams and the investigation of an autoimmune disease".{{ cite web | url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2020/08/24/interna_politica,1178896/com-covid-19-deputada-carla-zambelli-e-internada-em-brasilia.shtml | title=Com COVID-19, deputada Carla Zambelli é internada em Brasília | language=pt-br | trans-title=With COVID-19, deputy Carla Zambelli is hospitalized in Brasília | first=Ana | last=Mendonça | website=Estado de Minas | date=August 24, 2020 | access-date=August 29, 2020 }} Two days later, on August 26, 2020, Zambelli posted on Twitter that she was "100% cured" due to early treatment using hydroxychloroquine.{{ cite web | url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/sonar-a-escuta-das-redes/post/zambelli-covid-cloroquina.html | title=Zambelli apaga post em que se dizia curada da Covid-19 após uso de cloroquina | language=pt-br | trans-title=Zambelli deletes post in which she declared herself cured from Covid-19 following use of chloroquine | website=O Globo | date=August 29, 2020 | access-date=August 29, 2020 }} However, on August 28, 2020, the hospital that had admitted her denied she had contracted COVID-19 in the first place, and stated the following:{{ cite web | url=https://g1.globo.com/df/distrito-federal/noticia/2020/08/28/deputada-federal-carla-zambelli-tem-endometriose-e-nao-covid-9-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml | title=Deputada federal Carla Zambelli não teve Covid-19, diz hospital | language=pt-br | trans-title=Federal deputy Carla Zambelli didn't have Covid-19, says hospital | first=Pedro | last=Alves | website=G1 | date=August 28, 2020 | access-date=August 29, 2020 }}

{{Verse translation | lang=pt-br

|Após extensa investigação clínica, a equipe médica que acompanha a deputada chegou à conclusão de que a mesma não teve a infecção pela COVID-19 [...] Foi feito o diagnóstico de endometriose profunda e iniciado o tratamento.

|After extensive clinical investigation, the medical team that has been taking care of the deputy came to the conclusion that she did not have the infection due to COVID-19 [...] The diagnosis was deep endometriosis and treatment has begun. }}

After the statement, Zambelli claimed her COVID-19 test was a false positive.{{ cite web | url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2020/08/28/interna_politica,1180577/apos-dizer-que-usou-cloroquina-carla-zambelli-confirma-nao-ter-covid.shtml | title=Após dizer que usou cloroquina, Carla Zambelli confirma que não tinha COVID-19 | language=pt-br | trans-title=After saying she took chloroquine, Carla Zambelli confirms she didn't have COVID-19 | website=Estado de Minas | first=Humberto | last=Martins | date=August 28, 2020 | access-date=August 29, 2020 }} Following the controversy and public outcry, Zambelli deleted the tweet where she attributed her recovery to the use of hydroxychloroquine.

In March 2022, Zambelli launched a website to provide resources for those who did not wish to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, citing an excerpt for Brazil's Civil Code stating that "no one can be compelled to submit, at the risk of life, to medical treatment or surgical intervention. Zambelli was filmed on the eve of the November 2022 presidential elections, in Jardins, a neighborhood in the central area of the capital of São Paulo, entering a bar with a revolver in hand. She was caught on camera wielding a pistol and chasing a journalist, and later fled Brazil to Florida for three weeks.{{cite news |last1=Nicas |first1=Jack |last2=Spigariol |first2=Andre |title=Lula Becomes Brazil's President, With Bolsonaro in Florida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/world/americas/bolsonaro-florida-brazil.html |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=New York Times |date=1 January 2023}} On the day of the approach, Zambelli was not arrested in the act.{{cite news|url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/coronavirus/2022/03/07/bolsonaro-ally-tries-to-circumvent-vaccination-passports/|title=Bolsonaro ally tries to circumvent vaccination passports|work=The Brazilian Report|date=7 March 2022}}

In June 2017, Zambelli was accused of defamation, and placed under citizen's arrest by federal deputies {{ill|Wadih Damous|pt}} and Paulo Pimenta, members of the Chamber of Deputies. The accusation came after Zambelli claimed she was "working, unlike them, who were stealing". Pimenta had legislative police escort her to the police station inside the Congress.{{ cite web | url=http://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/noticias/deputado-do-pt-da-voz-de-prisao-a-militante-do-movimento-%E2%80%9Cnas-ruas%E2%80%9D/ | title=Deputado do PT dá voz de prisão a militante do movimento "Nas Ruas" | language=pt-br | trans-title=Worker's Party deputy places "Nas Ruas" militant under citizen's arrest | website={{ill|Congresso em Foco|pt}} | date=November 30, 2017 | access-date=August 28, 2020 }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.oantagonista.com/brasil/petista-manda-deter-ativista-na-cpi-da-jbs/ | title=Petista manda deter ativista na CPI da JBS | language=pt-br | website=O Antagonista | date=November 30, 2017 | access-date=August 28, 2020 }} The deputy, however, did not press charges against Zambelli.{{ cite web | url=http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/blogs/a-protagonista/2017/12/05/deputado-deu-voz-de-prisao-mas-nao-formalizou-queixa-contra-lider-nas-ruas/ | title=Deputado deu voz de prisão, mas não formalizou queixa contra líder do Nas Ruas | language=pt-br | trans-title=Deputy makes citizen's arrest, chose not to press charges against the leader of Nas Ruas | first=Madeleine | last=Lacsko | website=Gazeta do Povo | date=December 5, 2017 | access-date=August 28, 2020 }}

In 2018, Zambelli was condemned over her online accusations of pedophilia against Jean Wyllys, a political opponent.{{cite web|title=As polêmicas de Carla Zambelli: "Jean Wyllys é covarde ou mentiroso"|url=https://universa.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2019/01/31/carla-zambelli-fala-de-jean-wyllis-olavo-de-carvalho-e-bolsonaro.htm|work=universa.uol.com.br|accessdate=April 26, 2019|language=pt-br}} After court battles, she organized a Crowdfund among her supporters, refusing to pay legal damages personally.{{cite web|title=Carla Zambelli do Brasil Nas Ruas faz 'vaquinha online' para indenizar Jean Wyllys em R$ 40 mil|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/carla-zambelli-do-brasil-nas-ruas-faz-vaquinha-online-para-indenizar-jean-wyllys-em-r-40-mil/|work=Fausto Macedo|accessdate=April 26, 2019|language=pt-br|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426005807/https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/carla-zambelli-do-brasil-nas-ruas-faz-vaquinha-online-para-indenizar-jean-wyllys-em-r-40-mil/|url-status=dead}}

In September 2019, Veja magazine reported Zambelli used her political influence to have her son get in Colégio Militar de Brasília, without having to go through the selection process. Zambelli claimed she had to request her son be admitted because they had previously received "threats". When questioned, the school responded that the Army's Commander is entitled to evaluate cases "considered to be special".{{ cite web | url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/filho-de-deputada-do-psl-obtem-vaga-em-colegio-militar-sem-fazer-concurso/ | title=Filho de deputada do PSL obtém vaga em Colégio Militar sem fazer concurso | language=pt-br | trans-title=PSL deputy's son becomes student at Colégio Militar without going through selection process | first=Fernando | last=Molica | date=September 3, 2019 | access-date=August 28, 2020 }}

In October 2022, less than a day before the 2022 elections, Zambelli chased a man down the street who was arguing with her group of friends about politics. She then proceeded to point a pistol at him and shoot into the air, chasing the man down streets and into a bar. She yelled at him to lay on the floor and coerced him into apologizing. She later claimed he had assaulted her, although this claim was disproven after videos of the moment were released. Opposing deputies proposed revoking her mandate as well as charging her with breaking a federal law that prohibits anyone to bear guns within 24 hours of any national election.{{Cite web |title=Deputy from Bolsonaro's party chases man while pointing gun at him |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/deputy-from-bolsonaros-party-chases-man-while-pointing-gun-at-him/ar-AA13wLQJ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Pro-Bolsonaro congresswoman aims gun at man in street |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/pro-bolsonaro-congresswoman-aims-gun-053512203.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=October 30, 2022 |language=en-US}}

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• [https://m.facebook.com/ZambelliOficial/ Carla Zambelli on Facebook]
• [https://www.instagram.com/carla.zambelli/?hl=pt-br Carla Zambelli on Instagram]
• [https://mobile.twitter.com/CarlaZambelli38?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Carla Zambelli on Twitter]
• [https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/204507/biografia Profile in the Chamber of Deputies]

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