Bolsonaro

The former president of Brazil could face decades in prison Nights and Weekends Editor Published September 11, 2025 6:43PM (EDT) Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro reacts during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on July 7, 2024 in Camboriu, Brazil. (Pedro H. Tesch/Getty Images) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro…

A majority of a five-member panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, guilty of attempting a coup after his defeat in the 2022 presidential election. Bolsonaro, 70, was found guilty on all five counts he was charged with — attempting to stage a coup...Read More

Key Points Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court of plotting a coup after his 2022 election loss. Four judges found him guilty of five crimes, including leading a criminal organisation. Bolsonaro's US ally Donald Trump said hours after the conviction that he was surprised by it. A…

BRASÍLIA — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was found guilty Thursday of attempting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss, a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison in a…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. Bolsonaro, who has always denied any wrongdoing, is currently…

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This week, Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to rule in the case of the far-right former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, who is on trial for plotting a coup against his elected successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Although Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing, there is considerable evidence that he conspired to…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted Tuesday to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power. Three members of the five-judge panel trying Bolsonaro’s case must…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could soon be convicted as a failed coup plotter. Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict by Sept. 12 over charges that the former president and key aides plotted to overturn Bolsonaro’s 2022 election defeat to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Prosecutors allege…

Thousands of supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrated Sunday in several cities, days before the Supreme Court decides whether he is guilty of attempting a coup. The high court is set to rule this week on whether Bolsonaro conspired to cling to power after losing 2022 elections…