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Stronger police presence is called for to monitor the former president, who is under house arrest awaiting trial. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has requested the police to tighten security around former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home while he is under house arrest. Moraes on Monday sent a notice…

Skip to navigation Skip to main content Skip to right column Sat, Aug 23, 2025, 4:21 PM 8 min read Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press next to his son Senator Flavio Bolsonaro at the Federal Senate in Brasilia. (Bloomberg) -- Eduardo Bolsonaro wanted a win, and…

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Former president denies involvement in alleged effort to overturn his loss in the 2022 election. Lawyers have submitted a final statement on behalf of Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro in a trial focused on his alleged role in a plot to stay in power despite losing the 2022 election. In a…

Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy posted comments about the trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. read more Amid brewing tensions between Brazil and the United States, the Brazilian foreign ministry has summoned the US chargé d’affaires after the embassy posted comments…

President Donald Trump is not happy with Brazil. Trump signed an executive order last week that places a total tariff burden of 50 percent on the country’s exports to the U.S. (with some exceptions), affecting billions of dollars of Brazilian goods. The tariff is a response to what Trump views…

The Take Brazil’s former president is under house arrest after the country’s Supreme Court found Jair Bolsonaro had violated social media and political messaging rules. Now on trial for an alleged coup attempt, United States President Donald Trump has called Bolsonaro’s prosecution a “witch hunt” and hit Brazil with 50…

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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…