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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…

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Nov 23 told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor , court records showed, a day after police took him into custody out of fear he might flee. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre…

Harriet Barber Daily Telegraph UK · 22 Nov, 2025 11:26 PM 5 mins to read Jair Bolsonaro is days away from starting a 27-year prison sentence after Brazil’s Supreme Court found him guilty of attempting to subvert democracy. Photo / Getty Images Jair Bolsonaro is days away from starting a…

1 of 3 | Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured speaking at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil in 2021, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to flee before he is jailed for attempting a coup after the 2022 presidential election.. EPA-EFE/Joedson Alves Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Former Brazilian President…