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US steps up efforts to help Bolsonaro avoid jail over alleged coup plot Bolsonaro

US steps up efforts to help Bolsonaro avoid jail over alleged coup plot

The US has intensified its campaign to help Jair Bolsonaro avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup, with the state department denouncing the decision to place Brazil’s former president under house arrest. “Let Bolsonaro speak!” the department’s bureau of western hemisphere affairs tweeted on Monday night after the far-right…
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August 5, 2025
Brazil’s high court orders Bolsonaro’s house arrest, angering Trump admin. Bolsonaro

Brazil’s high court orders Bolsonaro’s house arrest, angering Trump admin.

President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro listen to reporter's questions during joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the Washington, D.C.m on March 19, 2019. On Monday, Brazil's Supreme Court order Bolsonaro's house arrest. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 5 (UPI) --…
bubmag
August 5, 2025
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders the house arrest of former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders the house arrest of former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a…
bubmag
August 5, 2025
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro faces house arrest after defying court orders | What we know so far Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro faces house arrest after defying court orders | What we know so far

Troubled former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been placed under house arrest for his role in the country's attempted coup. This comes after he broke a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the far-right politician accused of plotting a coup. The beleaguered politician has said…
bubmag
August 5, 2025