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Bolsonaro to stand trial for attempted coup

BRASILIA – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of plotting a...

Lula, Bolsonaro suffer setbacks in Brazilian municipal vote

SAO PAULO — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his arch-rival, far-right ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro both suffered disappointment Sunday in the second...

Brazil’s right rallies against ‘censorship’ amid X suspension

Urged on by beleaguered ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, tens of thousands of demonstrators from Brazil's political right took to the streets Saturday amid a free...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro slams election ban as thousands rally behind him

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro flexed his political muscle and...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces probes over jewelry

Brazil’s justice minister asked federal police Monday to investigate reports ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tried to illegally import jewelry worth $3.2 million gifted by Saudi...

Probed in Brazil, Bolsonaro seeks six more months in US

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under investigation for his supporters' storming of government buildings, is seeking a six-month visa to remain in...

Germany vows millions for Amazon as Scholz meets Lula in Brazil

Germany on Monday outlined more than $200 million in contributions for environmental projects in Brazil as Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the South American giant...

Brazil riots may have strengthened Lula’s hand: analysts

By ransacking government buildings in their fervent opposition to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's January 8 rioters may have strengthened his hand,...

Brazil tightens net around riot instigators, Bolsonaro in the crosshairs

Brazil's new leftist government tightened the net around suspected instigators of riots that targeted the seats of power, ordering a probe of ex-president Jair...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro tweets photo from Florida hospital

Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a photo of himself from hospital in the United States on Monday, a day after his supporters drew...

Lula slams far-right ‘terrorism’ as Brazil clears protest camps

Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts of terrorism" after a...

Brazil retakes Congress after riots

Brasilia—Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace, and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after supporters of ex-president Jair...

World leaders condemn anti-government mob attacks in Brasilia

President Joe Biden assailed Sunday's attacks by supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as "outrageous," as condemnation poured in from around the world...

Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace

Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against...
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