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Ex-Brazilian president Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail over coup plot

The US President said he was surprised about the conviction, adding that “it was very much like they tried to do with me, but they didn’t get away with”.

  • Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Manuela Andreoni

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil.

‘Brazil belongs to Brazilians’: The world leader who refuses to bow to Donald Trump

Brazil’s president faced down a Trump-style opponent and is in no mood for compromise.

  • Jack Nicas
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has been accused over an alleged coup plot to maintain power, after his defeat by President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro, generals indicted in coup d’etat, assassination plot

Brazilian police said charges were warranted against a total of 37 people, including military brass who served in the former president’s government.

  • Daniel Carvalho and Franco Dantas
Jair Bolsonaro is being investigated for holding on to diamonds given as a gift by Saudi Arabia.

Brazil’s ex-president indicted over undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

The jewellery would have been exempt from tax had it been a gift from Saudi Arabia to Brazil, but not Jair Bolsonaro’s to keep for himself.

  • Gabriela Sa Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under investigation over an alleged coup plot, delivers a speech to thousands of supporters.

Amid coup probe, Bolsonaro calls on supporters to show strength

Thousands turned out to see the former Brazilian president, who is under investigation for a coup attempt.

  • Leonardo Benassatto, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, storm the National Congress building in Brasilia on January 8, a week after his successor Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, took office.

‘Coup author’: Bolsonaro found to have plotted uprising that led to riots

The congressional investigation recommended the former Brazilian president face criminal charges over the insurrection attempt in Brasilia on January 8.

  • Daniel Carvalho
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Saudi Arabia gifted jewellery to Michelle and Jair Bolsonaro via a government representative in 2021.

Bolsonaros keep mum in probe of undeclared Saudi, Bahrain jewellery gifts

Necklaces, expensive watches and gold-plated statuettes only came to light when Jair Bolsonaro tried to recover a batch seized by customs.

  • Ricardo Brito
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is being investigated in connection with the invasion of the government’s three top institutions by riotous supporters in January.

Hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to break into voting system before election

Walter Delgatti Neto’s testimony to Congress raises new allegations against the ex-Brazilian president, who is being investigated over the January 8 riots.

  • Diane Jeantet
Former President Jair Bolsonaro talks to reporters after arriving at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, June 30, 2023. Bolsonaro was barred Friday from running for office again until 2030 after a panel of judges concluded that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro barred from holding public office in Brazil until 2030

Brazil’s federal electoral court voted to bar the country’s former president – who is a fan of former US president Donald Trump – from holding office for at least six years over his conduct during last year’s election.

  • Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Araujo
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, has died aged 86.

A burlesque opening act that raised the curtain on Trump

When Silvio Berlusconi was elected Italy’s prime minister in 1994 Donald Trump was more than two decades into the future, but Berlusconi was the promise of things to come.

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