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NEW: Bolsonaro is suspected of coup d’état
Updated 17.55 | Published 17.37 share-arrowShare unsaveSave Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting a coup during the 2022 election, the NYT reports. Brazilian police carried out a…
Bolsonaro is accused of attempted coup in Brazil
The former president is said to have forged a far-reaching plan. That’s according to a 134-page report by the Brazilian federal police that was made public on Thursday, according to…
Long sentence for Bolsonaro supporters
full screen The Supreme Court building in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, was one of several public buildings destroyed during the riots on January 8 this year. Archive image. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP/TT…
Long sentence for Bolsonaro supporters
The man is sentenced to 17 years in prison, among other things for attempted coup d’état and for causing damage to a historic building. The man was arrested in connection…
Brazil: Former President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to eight years of ineligibility
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Friday, June 30, to eight years of ineligibility for “abuse of power”, because of the “false” information he disseminated on the electronic…
Conviction creeps closer for Bolsonaro
full screen Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro. Archive image. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP/TT The judges have begun to have their say in the trial against Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused,…
Jair Bolsonaro in court today – May be banned from participating in political activities
Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is threatened with an eight-year ban on politics. According to the prosecutor, he tried to undermine the reliability of the election authorities. Today, Brazil’s highest electoral court…
in Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro before the judges
In Brazil, six months after leaving power, former President Jair Bolsonaro is on trial from this Thursday, in a trial that could make him ineligible. Folha de Sao Paulo recalls…
Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro on trial over allegations of election fraud
Last year’s presidential election in Brazil, right-wing leader Bolsonaro lost to left-wing leader Lula da Silva. In July last year, he invited around 60 ambassadors and raised suspicions that the…
Brazil: opening of a crucial trial for the political future of Jair Bolsonaro
The former president could be rendered “ineligible” by a decision of the Superior Electoral Tribunal. He is accused of abuse of political and economic power during the electoral campaign in…