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LATEST  |  Brazil’s supreme court convicts ex-president over bid to keep power Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since being accused of plotting a coup (AP Photo/Luis Nova) Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa Reuters Fri 12 Sep 2025 at 08:00 A panel of Brazilian Supreme…

In 2021, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro declared the three possible future paths he saw laid out for him: prison, death or victory. At that point, he had already evaded death, surviving a 2018 knife attack during a campaign event in his first run for president.  Victory would elude him as…

Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters to be held to account for their attempted power grab. Brazil’s Supreme Court found Bolsonaro guilty of being part of an armed criminal organization and other counts relating to a…

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. Bolsonaro, who has always denied any wrongdoing, can appeal the ruling. He is…

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony. —Reuters/File Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the government, in a landmark verdict that has left the country deeply split and drawn sharp criticism from Washington. The 70-year-old…

BRASILIA — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world’s most prominent far-right populist leaders.…

The former president of Brazil could face decades in prison Nights and Weekends Editor Published September 11, 2025 6:43PM (EDT) Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro reacts during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on July 7, 2024 in Camboriu, Brazil. (Pedro H. Tesch/Getty Images) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro…

A majority of a five-member panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, guilty of attempting a coup after his defeat in the 2022 presidential election. Bolsonaro, 70, was found guilty on all five counts he was charged with — attempting to stage a coup...Read More

Key Points Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court of plotting a coup after his 2022 election loss. Four judges found him guilty of five crimes, including leading a criminal organisation. Bolsonaro's US ally Donald Trump said hours after the conviction that he was surprised by it. A…

BRASÍLIA — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was found guilty Thursday of attempting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss, a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison in a…