Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO — Every day, the vise around former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tightens. First, his passport was revoked. Then came the criminal charges that he’d led a plot to assassinate his rivals and retain power through military force following his 2022 electoral loss. And finally, he was ordered…

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) --…

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…

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…

Justice Alexandre de Moraes said that Bolsonaro had not complied with the judicial restraining orders imposed on him in July. The Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered that former President Jair Bolsonaro be placed on house arrest. This comes as the former leader is set to stand trial after being…

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The ex-president, accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election that he lost, has been backed by US President Donald Trump. Supporters of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have rallied across the main cities of the country against the Supreme Court coup trial that could land the ex-leader in…

The White House indicated that the move was in part a response to the “witch hunt” against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized the Trump administration’s decision to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods, calling for the US President to avoid…

WASHINGTON — Products imported to the U.S. from Brazil — including almost a third of the supply relied on every day by America’s coffee drinkers — are subject to a 50% tariff beginning Friday, not because of Brazil’s trade policies, but because of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the country’s…