Brasília (AFP) – Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital Wednesday, AFP journalists observed, after hitting his head in a fall in prison, where he is serving 27 years for leading a failed coup d'etat.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian leftists, including iconic singer Caetano Veloso, called for nationwide protests this Sunday against efforts by Congress to reduce the jail term of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted over a botched coup plot.
JBS co-owner Joesley Batista is quietly positioning himself as a connector.
Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded former President Jair Bolsonaro's coup plotting case after rejecting his appeal earlier this month. The court is expected to order Bolsonaro to serve a 27-year prison sentence.
Brazil’s former president says he took a soldering iron to electronic tag as he was hallucinating that it was bugged
The country’s former leader had been under house arrest in Brasilia appealing a conviction for plotting a coup
In an exclusive interview, Brazil's president says Trump is "not emperor of the world".
Police in Brazil on Wednesday called for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for their efforts to meddle in the ex-leader's trial for attempting to stage a coup. The police investigation also revealed that Bolsonaro last year had plans to seek political asylum in Argentina.
A small country alone has no bargaining power against the US, the Brazilian president has said
US treasury imposes sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, presiding over Bolsonaro alleged coup plot trial
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, has lobbied US officials to sanction the Supreme Court judge investigating an alleged coup plot following Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 2022 win. US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the former head of state, threatening to level heavy tariffs on Brazil. The US-based Eduardo now stands accused by the Supreme Court president of having incited "hostile acts" against the South American country.
Brazil's chief prosecutor has called on the country's Supreme Court to find former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of conspiring to stage a coup following the 2022 election, which was won by his left-wing rival, the current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The call came during closing arguments in a trial that included an attempt by US President Donald Trump to intervene in support of his right-wing ally.
The Brazilian leader has rebuffed Donald Trump’s new tariff threats
Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.
