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Brazil court grants Bolsonaro house arrest

BRASILIA – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) granted a request by former president Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily serve his...

Rio Carnival parades kick off with divisive ode to Lula

RIO DE JANEIRO – A colossal metallic robot depicting Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva towered over Rio de Janeiro’s famed Sambadrome avenue on...

Army tribunal to weigh removing Bolsonaro’s rank

BRASILIA – In an unprecedented case for Brazil, a military tribunal announced Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) it would examine whether to strip former president...

Bolsonaro sent to prison with bigger cell

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) transferred to prison, where he will serve his sentence for orchestrating...

Bolsonaro declared healthy after prison fall

BRASILIA – Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was declared healthy on Wednesday (Thursday, Mnila time) after a battery of tests to check him for...

Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro returns to prison after medical treatment

BRASILIA—Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro left a hospital Thursday (Friday, Manila time) to return to prison and resume serving a 27-year sentence for plotting...

Bolsonaro seeks house arrest as jail return looms

BRASILIA – Lawyers for Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro asked a court Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) to convert his prison sentence for plotting...

Bolsonaro in hospital before planned surgery

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for attempting a coup, has been admitted to hospital in Brasilia where he will undergo a...

Brazil Congress OKs bill to cut Bolsonaro jail term

BRASLIA – Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who was...

Ruckus in Brazil Congress overbid to reduce Bolsonaro jail term

BRASILIAl – Chaotic scenes erupted in Brazil’s Congress Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) as a lawmaker disrupted lower house efforts to vote on a bill...

Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term for coup bid

BRASILIA – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time) ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting...

Bolsonaro held for trying to break ankle bracelet

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt — was taken...

Sao Paulo government quietly emerges as Bolsonaro heir

SAO PAULO, Brazil – He actively denies it, yet one name keeps surfacing as a potential successor to convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro at...

‘No amnesty!’ Brazilians protestagainst bid to pardon Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO – Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested on Sunday against “shameless” lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair...
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