Jair Bolsonaro

• Brazil’s top prosecutor charges Bolsonaro for alleged 2022 coup attempt

  Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  World

  Feb 18
  
• Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt

  The former president has denied all claims he tried to stay in office after his narrow electoral defeat in 2022 to his rival, leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  World

  Nov 21, 2024
  
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• Brazil marks 1 year since pro-Bolsonaro mob stormed capital over election loss

  On Sunday night in the capital, Brasilia, the words “Democracy Unites Us” were projected on Congress' annex buildings that tower behind its chambers.

  World

  Jan 8, 2024
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• Bolsonaro supporter who stormed Brazil’s capital gets 17-year sentence

  The rioters refused to accept Bolsonaro's defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose inauguration took place one week before the uprising.

  World

  Sep 14, 2023
• Trial begins for pro-Bolsonaro rioters who stormed Brazil’s top government offices

  The rioters refused to accept the right-wing leader's defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose inauguration took place one week before the uprising.

  World

  Sep 13, 2023
• Brazil’s Lula restricts civilian gun possession, reversing Bolsonaro policy

  The new decree reduces the number of guns civilians can possess for personal safety from four to two, reduces allowed ammunition and requires documentation to hold the weapons.

  World

  Jul 21, 2023
• Brazil’s Bolsonaro barred from office until 2030, court rules

  In her decisive vote that formed a majority, Judge Carmen Lucia — who is also a Supreme Court justice — said "the facts are incontrovertible.”

  Politics

  Jun 30, 2023
• Key Brazilian electoral judge votes to bar Bolsonaro from office until 2030

  The vote by Benedito Goncalves, the lead justice in the case against Bolsonaro, does not amount to a full conviction, but may set the tone for subsequent judge's votes.

  World

  Jun 27, 2023
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces being barred from office as trial begins

  Bolsonaro complained he was getting unfair treatment compared with Lula, and said the "unbelievable" case against him was a politically-motivated hit job.

  World

  Jun 22, 2023
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• Bolsonaro says he intends to return to Brazil in coming weeks

  The comment during an event at an evangelical church in Florida was the first time that Bolsonaro has made a statement in public about returning home.

  World

  Feb 11, 2023