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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt — was taken into custody on Saturday (November 22, 2025) after the Supreme Court deemed him a high flight risk. The court said the far-right firebrand — who was sentenced to…

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Saturday, November 22, ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that the 70-year-old politician was preparing to escape the country just days before he was due to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup. Bolsonaro…

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Democracy Dies in Darkness A judge said he ordered the arrest after learning Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor had been tampered with. The Trump ally was convicted earlier this year of attempting a military coup. Updated November 22, 2025 Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, poses for a portrait in his office…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The decision laid bare some of the country's divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader's…

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted for leading a botched coup bid in which he attempted to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after his 2022 election loss - Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA Lawyers for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Friday requested that he…

Updated : , ,   SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro ’s lawyers on Friday petitioned the Supreme Court requesting that he serve his prison time under house arrest, citing poor health. Bolsonaro was convicted in September of attempting a coup following his 2022 electoral defeat and…

In a wide-ranging conversation, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, Sônia Guajajara, spoke with Democracy Now! at the COP30 climate summit in Belém. She addressed criticisms of the Lula government in Brazil, which has championed climate action even while boosting some oil and gas exploration in the country; celebrated the…

SAO PAULO -- Being falsely accused of setting fire in the Amazon with funds from an Oscar-winning actor eventually became a blessing in disguise for Caetano Scannavino, the founder of a nonprofit organization in the heart of the rainforest. Brazil's then President Jair Bolsonaro falsely claimed in November 2019 that…