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MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as U.S. lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following his supporters’ brazen attack on Brazil’s capital over the weekend. But the far-right ex-president may pre-empt any plans for…

BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital’s most recent public security chief after supporters of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro led a rampage through government buildings. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the arrest of Anderson Torres, who was Bolsonaro’s justice minister…

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. government is struggling to contend with the Florida stay of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whom many blame for riots this week in Brazil’s capital. And the conundrum for the Biden administration is playing out as the U.S. continues to reckon with the threat to democracy here…

Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazils government offices. Video / AP “No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!” The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college on Monday afternoon (yesterday NZ time). Hours later, it was the rallying cry for thousands…

Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest newsSign up to our free US Evening Headlines email "No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!" The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo's law college on Monday afternoon.…

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro tweeted this photo of himself in hospital in Florida on January 9, 2023.— Twitter/@jairbolsonaro ORLANDO: Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a photo of himself from hospital in the United States on Monday, a day after his supporters drew international condemnation by invading the seat of…

Media caption, Watch: Thousands hold pro-democracy rallies in Brazil By Katy Watson in São Paulo & Jaroslav Lukiv in London BBC News Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters. In the country's…

In August 2021, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son traveled to Sioux Falls, S.D., to meet with some of the most prominent purveyors of former president Donald Trump’s false claims of mass election fraud. Eduardo Bolsonaro had a dire warning for the group, which included Stephen K. Bannon, Trump’s former top…

MIAMI — A day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brazil, Vitor Spier, who lives in Orlando, Florida, condemned the violence in his home country. But Spier, a Bolsonaro supporter who believes Brazil’s recent election was fraudulent, said he was “expecting” some response from the…

Chaos at the National Congress on Sunday. Photo: Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images Brazilian authorities on Monday detained more than 1,200 people, dismantled a protest camp in the capital and cleared roadblocks set up by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro as they moved to restore order a day after…