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Jair Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Prison Sentence In Brazil Over Failed Coup Plot

Former President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to begin serving a 27-year sentence related to a failed coup plot following the 2022 presidential elections.

Latin Times

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has started to serve a 27-year prison sentence on Tuesday after he was convicted for leading a coup attempt following his 2022 presidential election loss, despite pressure and protest from US President Donald Trump.

Euronews

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison sentence

The far-right leader was taken into custody on Saturday after attempting to break his ankle monitor

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Former Brazil president Bolsonaro admits trying to break ankle monitor during house arrest

Bolsonaro, 70, was arrested and kept in a cell at the country’s federal police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro to meet a judge a day after his early arrest

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will meet a judge on Sunday to discuss the legality of his imprisonment during his first full day of preemptive jailing at federal police headquarters

The Independent UK

Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27-year sentence

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

The Independent UK

Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump?

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences

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Trump administration sanctions wife of Brazilian judge who sentenced Bolsonaro, revokes other visas

The U.S. government has sanctioned the wife of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

The Conversation

Brazil's Lula pushes back against US tariff after Bolsonaro sentencing

After last week’s ruling against former President Bolsonaro, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that Trump’s government “will respond accordingly”.

Euronews

Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro leaves house arrest for hospital visit

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has left his home in Brasilia where he is under house arrest to undergo a medical procedure at a nearby hospital

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro’s guilty verdict – what it means for US-Brazil relations

US President Donald Trump has slammed former president’s trial for attempted coup as a ‘witch-hunt’.

Al Jazeera

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail for election coup plot

The former president sought to remain in power after losing 2022 election

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro faces final votes by Supreme Court's justices in his attempted coup trial

Brazil’s Supreme Court is to deliver the final two votes by its justices on former President Jair Bolsonaro alleged coup attempt — votes that could send the far-right politician to prison within weeks and deeply impact the nation’s politics

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Al Jazeera

Bolsonaro verdict likely: What to expect in Brazil, and from Trump

Landmark case against former president has set Brazil on edge, with fears of violent protests against a guilty verdict.

The Independent UK

Brazil Supreme Court justice breaks with 2 peers, votes to absolve Bolsonaro as trial continues

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial

The Independent UK

Brazil's Supreme Court nears a verdict in coup plot trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices is expected to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to stay in power illegally after his 2022 election defeat

The Independent UK

What to know about the verdict and sentencing phase of Bolsonaro's trial in Brazil

The verdict and sentencing phase in the coup trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro starts Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Brasilia

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Al Jazeera

Lula denounces US decision to revoke visa from Brazilian justice minister

The president has denounced Donald Trump’s attacks against Brazilian officials as ‘unacceptable’ amid Bolsonaro trial.

The Independent UK

Lawyers for Brazil's Bolsonaro surprised by new accusation of obstruction of justice

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro say they are surprised by the federal police's decision to formally accuse him of obstruction of justice

Al Jazeera

Verdict, sentencing in coup trial for Brazil’s Bolsonaro set for September

Supreme Court will rule on ex-president’s fate in case dividing nation that could result in lengthy prison term.

Euronews

Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro amid coup plot allegations

The ruling comes a month after Brazil’s top court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor, submit to a curfew and abide by limitations on his activity as legal proceedings investigating an alleged coup plot continue.

Euronews

US Treasury sanctions Brazilian judge overseeing Bolsonaro's trial

US President Donald Trump also signed an executive order that effectively implements the 50% tariff announced earlier this month, which he had explicitly linked to Bolsonaro's case.

The Guardian - US

Trump accused of ‘attack on Brazilian democracy’ after sanctioning Bolsonaro trial judge

US treasury imposes sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, presiding over Bolsonaro alleged coup plot trial

Al Jazeera

Brazil slams ‘unacceptable’ US sanctions on judge overseeing Bolsonaro case

The US froze Judge de Moraes’s assets, citing his role in arbitrary detentions, censorship and cases against Bolsonaro.

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