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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…

State of the Union: Darren Beattie sought to visit former president Jair Bolsonaro in prison, which the government called political “interference.” The post Brazil Invalidates Visa of State Official Darren Beattie appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a Trump administration adviser's visa canceled over a planned visit to jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing his re-election race. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo March 13 (UPI)…

Brazil’s Supreme Court has cleared a prison visit for Trump administration advisor Darren Beattie to visit former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on March 18. The authorization came from Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing investigations into Bolsonaro tied to allegations that he wanted to overturn the 2022 election. The…

On January 8, 2023, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings in the country’s capital. Their goal? Overthrow the results of an election they claimed was rigged, despite no credible evidence of fraud. If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Brazil’s January 8…