Bolsonaro

“Congress doesn’t work; I’d stage a coup on the same day .” That’s how former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, then a mere congressman, put it to a reporter back in 1999 when asked what he’d do if in power. And that’s what Bolsonaro is now being sent to jail for,…

World / September 19, 2025 Minister Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha cast the deciding vote, defying the extreme right’s misogyny and sending a strong message to Bolsonaro ally US President Donald Trump. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasília on…

Bolsonaro reported multiple health woes during the judicial process against him and missed the verdict phase of his trial. On Sunday, he visited the hospital to have eight skin lesions removed and sent for biopsies Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been…

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Home / World AFP 16 Sep, 2025 09:11 PM Quick Read Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro. Photo / Getty Images Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro. Photo / Getty Images Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to hospital with a police guard today after falling ill while under house arrest,…

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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has dismissed criticism from the United States over the conviction of the country’s former leader, Jair Bolsonaro, on coup charges, and slammed Washington’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian products as “misguided” and “illogical”. The comments, published in an op-ed in The New York Times…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not present in the room when a Supreme Court panel convicted and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison on charges of attempting a coup. With Bolsonaro under house arrest and in poor health , his lawyer…

The sentence marks the first time a former Brazilian president has been convicted of attempting a coup. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court and handed a prison sentence of 27 years and three months, a decision his supporters say is a…