The Latest Breaking News from Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil's former President Bolsonaro undergoes new surgery for bowel obstruction

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing a new surgery in Brasilia

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025

Ailing Bolsonaro Says He Will 'Probably' Need Surgery

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he will "probably" need surgery, after being hospitalized a day earlier in the northeastern city of Natal with what he called "unbearable" abdominal pain.

International Business Times · Apr 12, 2025

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain

Doctors say former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains hospitalized with abdominal pain and is expected to be transferred by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2025

‘Judicial activisim’: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro responds to Marine Le Pen case

Jair Bolsonaro criticised the ruling saying ‘left-wing judicial activisim’ was spreading round the world

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Bolsonaro Trial: A Political Reset For Brazil?

With far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro headed for trial on coup charges, Brazilians are starting to contemplate a future without the polarizing populist in the picture.

International Business Times · Mar 28, 2025

Brazilian prosecutor tosses ex-President Bolsonaro's COVID-19 vaccine status case

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has scored a legal win after the country’s prosecutor-general tossed a federal police investigation that accused him of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Brazil Sentenced a Woman to 14 Years for Lipstick Graffiti

Débora Albuquerque scrawled “You lost, dude” on a statue. Now she’s being treated like a national security threat.

Reason · Mar 27, 2025

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro will stand trial over alleged coup attempt

Bazil’s Supreme Court has unanimously accepted a complaint against former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven allies for attempting a coup d'état.

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2025

Is coup trial ruling the beginning of the end for Bolsonaro and his supporters?

While many in Brazil delight at the ex president’s predicted downfall, others fear who may follow in his far-right footsteps

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025

Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro will stand trial over an alleged coup plan. Here’s what happens next

A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup after the far-right leader lost the 2022 election

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025