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Brazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees

A Brazilian judge has issued house arrest orders for 10 people involved in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his 2022 election loss

The Independent UK

Jailed former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro undergoes hernia surgery

He is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad

Son of jailed former Brazilian president says spokesperson for ‘national symbol’ sandals is ‘openly left wing’

The Guardian - UK

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Reward countries that toe the line, punish those that don’t: that’s how Trump is exerting control in Latin America

His interference in the region has been aided by the collapse of the leftist forces that once pushed back against US imperialism, says Jordana Timerman, a journalist based in Buenos Aires

The Guardian - UK

A Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup since November, will be allowed to leave prison for a hernia surgery

The Independent UK

Oscar contender ‘The Secret Agent’ capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema

The Brazilian film “The Secret Agent” is opening nationwide in U.S. theaters

The Independent UK

Brazil's lower house removes Bolsonaro's son and former intelligence agency head from their seats

Brazil’s lower house speaker Hugo Motta has decided to remove two lawmakers close to former President Jair Bolsonaro from their seats in the latest blow to the far-right leader serving a 27-year jail sentence for leading a coup attempt

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Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term

Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden by conservative lawmakers

The Guardian - UK

How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Guardian - US

US treasury lifts sanctions on Brazilian judge who presided over Bolsonaro case

Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his wife had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions after conviction of ex-president

The Guardian - US

US removes Brazilian Supreme Court justice and his wife from sanctions list

The U.S. has removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list

The Independent UK

Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic

Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of culture

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro's eldest son says his father backs him to run for Brazil presidency in 2026

Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said his father backed him to represent the party and run for Brazil's presidency in 2026. The senator vouched to 'continue the nation's project'.

Euronews

Why China is watching Trump’s Venezuela campaign closely

Donald Trump’s campaign against Venezuela escalated recently with the US president announcing that the country’s airspace should be considered “closed”. This is a move that has preceded US military interventions in the past, perhaps most notably in Iraq in 2003.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term

Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prison

Latin Times

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.

Euronews

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.

Axios

Brazil's ex-President Bolsanaro ordered to serve 27-year prison sentence over coup plot

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested the order to be finalized, preventing Bolsonaro from filing any further appeals.

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The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup

Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses

The Conversation

Jair Bolsonaro arrested amid fears he planned to flee as coup trial nears conclusion

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was taken into custody on November 22 after it was determined there was a “high risk” of him attempting to flee to a foreign embassy. The arrest took place as the Brazilian supreme court was analysing Bolsonaro’s final appeal against a 27-year prison sentence for…

The Independent UK

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

Brazilian revelers at Rio’s Pride march rejoice after Bolsonaro’s preemptive jailing

Thousands of revelers have gathered on the Copacabana boardwalk for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade

The Guardian - UK

Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘psychotic attack’ made him tamper with ankle monitor

Brazil’s former president says he took a soldering iron to electronic tag as he was hallucinating that it was bugged

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

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