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Jair Bolsonaro

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    OutlookMichael Pooler
    Brazil’s 1964 coup casts a long shadow over Lula

    The leader has come under fierce criticism for his failure to commemorate the dark period

    Demonstrators shout as they hold placards with pictures of the victims of the military dictatorship
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    Brazil police eye criminal charges against ex-president Bolsonaro

    Former leader faces first potential indictment on claims of false vaccination certificates and ‘criminal association’

    Jair Bolsonaro
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Anatomy of a coup plot: how Brazil’s Bolsonaro tried to cling to power

    Police say far-right former leader and his allies had detailed scheme to prevent his successor from taking office

    A montage of Jair Bolsonaro in the foreground with his supporters taking part in a demonstration in Sao Paulo in November in support of those arrested for the coup attacks at the National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia on January 8 in the background
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passport in Brazil ‘coup plot’ probe

    Three aides to former leader arrested as police set out details of alleged plan to prevent Lula taking office after 2022 polls

    Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Lula and Bolsonaro trade jibes over rioting that shook Brazil

    Country remains deeply divided a year after rightwingers attacked government buildings

    Security forces stand guard as supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia
  • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
    News in-depthArgentine politics
    How similar is Argentina’s Javier Milei to Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro?

    South American president-elect faces different task from his fellow populists, who rushed to hail his victory

    Montage of Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Donald Trump
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil begins trials of ‘coup’ rioters who stormed centres of power

    Supreme Court signals it will take a hard line against those charged for January 8 attempted insurrection

    Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian flags inside the presidential palace in Brasilia
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    News in-depth
    Brazil’s jewels scandal adds to Bolsonaro’s legal woes

    Probe over expensive foreign gifts damages hard-right former president’s ability to build a political legacy

    Jair Bolsonaro
  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula nears pact with Brazilian rightwingers to boost passage of agenda

    Government in talks on ‘political front’ with parties once allied to hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Top police commanders arrested over Brazil capital riots

    High-ranking officers accused of involvement in riots by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro

    Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm the presidential palace in Brasília while clashing with security forces on January 8 2023
  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazilian court votes to bar Bolsonaro from political office until 2030

    Decision a blow to rightwing former president’s hopes of a swift comeback

  • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro faces ban from politics as electoral trial begins in Brazil

    Rightwing populist accused of abusing his presidential powers during election

    A close-up of Jair Bolsonaro
  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Brazil
    Jair Bolsonaro’s home raided by police as part of vaccine probe

    Former Brazilian president’s residence searched in investigation into alleged falsification of immunisation records

    Jair Bolsonaro leaves his home in Brasília
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil launches parliamentary probe into January 8 riot

    Inquiry into ‘coup attempt’ sets stage for battle between president Lula and rightwing lawmakers

    A crowd of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro invaded government buildings, including the presidential palace
  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Bolsonaro summoned in Saudi jewel probe on return to Brazil

    Rightwing former president’s homecoming is complicated by multiple investigations against him

    Jair Bolsonaro waves fans at the Liberal party’s headquarters on his return to Brazil after three months of self-imposed exile in the US
  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil braced for Jair Bolsonaro’s return to energise the far right

    Ex-leader faces several investigations including embezzlement probe over jewellery

    A photo of Jair Bolsonaro over images of the Brazil flag and protesters
  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil rules out amnesty for rioters who stormed centres of power

    Justice minister Flávio Dino says insurrection by Bolsonaro supporters was coup attempt

    Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invade the National Congress in Brasília on January 8
  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula and Biden seek to reset Brazil-US relations at White House meeting

    Talks on Friday to focus on environmental protection and how to tackle far-right extremism

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Joe Biden
  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro seeks six-month US tourist visa to extend Florida stay

    Former Brazilian president is facing multiple investigations at home

    Jair Bolsonaro
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Bolsonaro in Florida: KFC, a McMansion and trips to the supermarket

    Supporters gather outside house where former Brazilian president is staying amid chaos at home

    Supporters stand in front of the house near Orlando where former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro is staying
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    InterviewBrazilian politics
    Lula to recalibrate pace of reforms after pro-Bolsonaro riots, finance minister says

    Implementing leftist president’s programme ‘to be considered very carefully’, Fernando Haddad tells FT in Davos

    Brazil’s finance minister Fernando Haddad
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    News in-depthBrazilian politics
    Isolated Bolsonaro faces mounting investigations over Brazil riots

    Threat of prosecution hangs over far-right former president, whose support has dwindled since election loss

    Jair Bolsonaro at a military ceremony in November 2022
  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can Lula put Brazilian democracy back together again?

    Many of the country’s institutions, from the military to the Supreme Court, are creaking under accusations of divided loyalties

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s political crisis gives Lula chance to solidify his support

    New president gets popularity boost in short term but faces long-term challenges in governing

    Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula deploys security forces after Bolsonaro questions election result in video

    Brazilian government warns of demonstrations on Wednesday by ex-president’s supporters aimed at ‘takeover of power’

    Brazilian National Public Security Force officers stand in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil
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