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(FILES) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to members of the media upon arrival at the Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for…

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup, underwent a "successful" surgery on Thursday for an inguinal hernia, his wife said. The 70-year-old former president left prison on Wednesday for the first time since late November to undergo the procedure at the DF…

TLDR Brazilian orchestra will convert Bitcoin data into music through algorithm-based composition. The project will receive up to $197,000 in tax-deductible funding under Brazil’s Rouanet Law. The live performance in Brasília will use real-time Bitcoin market data to guide musical elements. The initiative expands on prior crypto data-driven art projects…

BRASILIA, Dec 17 - Brazil's Senate approved on Wednesday a bill to shorten the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, although it is likely to face resistance from the Supreme Court and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The bill was approved by the lower house last week…

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Dec 17 - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, is meeting this week with business and finance leaders to address skepticism over his economic policies as he prepares to run for president next year, people familiar with his plans said. After a…

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end up behind bars...Read More

Democracy Dies in Darkness The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília. November 25, 2025 at 3:04 p.m. EST Today at 3:04 p.m. EST Detractors of former President Jair Bolsonaro celebrate his sentence for leading a coup attempt, outside…

BRASILIA - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a court document. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro incarcerated at Brazil's Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, where he has…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures after taking medical tests at DF Star hospital in Brasilia on August 16, 2025. Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempted coup, was placed in pre-trial detention on November 22, 2025, according to his lawyer and a source…