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Brazilian senator and presidential hopeful Flávio Bolsonaro traveled to Washington seeking a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as his campaign faces mounting pressure following the release of audio recordings linking him to a finance scandal. Photo by André Borges/EPA May 26 (UPI) -- Brazilian senator and presidential hopeful Flávio…

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SAO PAULO — Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing Wednesday in his reported request for millions from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, a revelation that could harm the lawmaker’s expected run for the country’s presidency in October against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Earlier, The Intercept Brazil published voice messages…

For about three hours of closed-door talks between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and US President Donald Trump at the White House on May 7, 2026, many observers in the two countries held their breath. Since there was no official joint statement or press conference, they did not…

President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met at the White House on Thursday, but the two leaders avoided going before the press in what was supposed to be an on-camera appearance before U.S. and Brazilian journalists. Trump has been a loyal ally of former Brazilian leader…

Brazil's Congress has overturned a veto of a bill that would dramatically reduce former president Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the last election. Last year Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in jail for his attempt to cling to power after losing the 2022…

BRASÍLIA — For weeks, Jair Bolsonaro’s closest advisers had proposed alternatives. The former president of Brazil, serving 27 years in prison for attempting a coup after his 2022 election loss, was looking for a successor to lead the populist movement he created into this year’s presidential contest. Read More

Democracy Dies in Darkness Alexandre Ramagem was convicted in absentia by Brazil’s Supreme Court last year in the plot to reverse the right-wing populist’s election loss. April 13, 2026 Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, left, and congressman Alexandre Ramagem embrace during Ramagem's 2024 campaign for mayor of Rio de Janeiro.…

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in the capital on Friday to continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upscale gated community...Read More

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been moved out of intensive care after his medical condition improved, his wife has said. The 70-year-old right-wing politician had been placed in an intensive care unit in the capital Brasilia on Friday for pneumonia. But his wife Michelle said in an Instagram post…