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BREAKING: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro charged for alleged 2022 coup plot Bolsonaro

BREAKING: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro charged for alleged 2022 coup plot

Bolsonaro is among the 34 people facing charges, including attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was charged in connection to an alleged  coup plot to overturn the 2022 election result, which he narrowly lost to far-left candidate Lalo da Silva. Bolsonaro was…
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February 19, 2025
Brazil’s Former President Bolsonaro Charged Over Alleged Coup That Included A Plan To Poison Lula Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Former President Bolsonaro Charged Over Alleged Coup That Included A Plan To Poison Lula

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and kill a…
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February 19, 2025
‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho Bolsonaro

‘We’re getting back on track’: Interview with IBAMA head Rodrigo Agostinho

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil’s federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the progress of his agency and the challenges it faces in protecting the country’s biomes after four years of regression under former president Jair Bolsonaro. Agostinho revealed plans to strengthen the agency and…
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January 24, 2025
Brazil Supreme Court nixes Bolsonaro’s effort to attend Trump inauguration Bolsonaro

Brazil Supreme Court nixes Bolsonaro’s effort to attend Trump inauguration

The passport of Jair Bolsonaro, a former far-right president, had been confiscated as part of ongoing investigations. As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches in the United States, one world leader is unlikely to be in attendance: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court denied a petition from the former…
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January 16, 2025
Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s request to travel to Trump inauguration Bolsonaro

Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s request to travel to Trump inauguration

SAO PAULO —  Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who Bolsonaro frequently has called his personal foe, said…
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January 16, 2025
Ex-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot Bolsonaro

Ex-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot

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December 15, 2024
Brazil ex-defense minister arrested in coup plot investigation Bolsonaro

Brazil ex-defense minister arrested in coup plot investigation

Brazilian general and former defence minister Walter Braga Netto (L), seen with far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested over an alleged coup plot, according to a police source - Copyright AFP Fayez Nureldine Ramon SAHMKOW Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested General Walter Braga Netto, a former defense minister and…
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December 14, 2024