Brazil

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – In a viral wave of mockery, Brazilian popstar Anitta declared herself free of cellulite, one influencer declared himself the "true president" of Twitter, and another social media user proclaimed himself the winner of the next lottery.

Brazil’s 159 million voters face a choice that could determine the Amazon’s survival – and it could have global repercussions too.

Brazil’s once towering leftist leader may soon be swept away by Latin America’s right-wing tide.

Race now a coin toss between Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, experts say

the dominant force in Brazilian politics after Sunday’s national election.

Voters are all but sure to make Flávio Bolsonaro the next president

Son of imprisoned former president finishes first, leaving leftist incumbent with fight ahead of Oct. 25 runoff

Whoever wins the presidential race will have to face up to the need for fiscal consolidation

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.

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