Bolsonaro

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not present in the room when a Supreme Court panel convicted and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison on charges of attempting a coup. With Bolsonaro under house arrest and in poor health , his lawyer…

The sentence marks the first time a former Brazilian president has been convicted of attempting a coup. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court and handed a prison sentence of 27 years and three months, a decision his supporters say is a…

State legislator Ediane Maria sets off a firework as she celebrates after the Supreme Court sentenced former President Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison, Sep 12, 2025   -   Copyright © africanews Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Last updated: 13/09 - 11:26 Brazil Brazil's top court…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for attempting a coup Luis Nova Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova) With Bolsonaro…

In September 2018, as Jair Bolsonaro campaigned in the south-eastern city of Juiz de Fora, a 40-year-old man pushed through the crowd and stabbed the presidential candidate in the stomach. Images of Bolsonaro doubled over in pain, wearing a T-shirt in Brazil’s football colours, were shared millions of times and…

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of conspiracies related to his failed 2022 reelection bid. The court found that Bolsonaro tried to instigate a military coup and to poison his opponent, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro, the former president of Latin America’s…

The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has sentenced the country’s former President, Jair Bolsonaro, to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup. The country’s media reports on Friday that a majority of the five-member chamber of the STF found the 70-year-old guilty. Bolsonaro is the first former Brazilian…

by Admin Josh · September 12, 2025 Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a military coup. The Supreme Court ruling came just hours after a panel of five justices convicted him of conspiring to stay in power following…

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would respond, without specifying how, after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. "The political persecutions by sanctioned human rights abuser Alexandre de…

President Donald Trump’s rebukes of judges and courtroom prosecutors have extended far beyond the United States’ borders in his second term in office, as he and his officials question the fairness of an increasing number of foreign nations’ domestic court systems — including those of long-standing allies — whose rulings…