Jair Bolsonaro

• Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup attempt

  The far-right former president had been under house arrest since August and was taken in on Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.

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  Nov 25, 2025
  
• Brazil’s Bolsonaro says ‘hallucinations’ led to arrest, judge says

  Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the 70-year-old leader's preemptive jailing Saturday for he is considered a flight risk.

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  Nov 23, 2025
  
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• Brazil’s Supreme Court orders Jair Bolsonaro placed under house arrest

  The justice said in his decision that the 70-year-old former president had violated precautionary measures imposed on him by spreading content through his three lawmaker sons.

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  Aug 5, 2025
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro must wear ankle monitor after police searches

  The development came as federal police conducted searches at his home and his party’s headquarters in Brasília, in compliance with a Supreme Court order.

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  Jul 18, 2025
• 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.

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  Feb 18, 2025
• 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.

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  Nov 21, 2024
• 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.

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  Jan 8, 2024
• 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.

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  Sep 14, 2023
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• 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.

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  Sep 13, 2023
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• 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.

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  Jul 21, 2023