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Under-fire Brazil Senate Scraps Immunity Bid

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday quashed a bid to expand criminal immunity for lawmakers after the proposal unleashed mass protests over the weekend.

International Business Times

With Smiles And Daggers At UN, Lula And Trump Agree To Meet

After trading barbs at the UN, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed his "excellent chemistry" with Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and announced a meeting next week.

International Business Times

Lax gun laws in Brazil and US help arm Brazil's organized crime, study finds

A study by the Sou da Paz Institute has revealed a rise in restricted-use firearms such as semiautomatic rifles reaching Brazilian criminal groups

The Independent UK

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Brazil’s president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over ‘would-be autocrats’

South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persists

The Guardian - US

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

'No Amnesty!' Brazilians Protest Against Bid To Pardon Bolsonaro

Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested Sunday against "shameless" lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, while pushing to shield themselves from criminal charges.

International Business Times

Brazilians Protest Bill Boosting Lawmakers' Immunity

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in anger at moves by Congress to boost lawmakers' immunity and push for amnesty that could include far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of trying to stage a coup.

International Business Times

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Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty

Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

The Guardian - UK

Brazil protests US visa limitations for health minister at UN assembly

The United States has issued a visa with restrictions on movement within the country to a Brazilian official attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York

The Independent UK

Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction

Brazilians have been strikingly divided in their response to the trial and conviction of their former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat. A poll conducted shortly before the September 11 verdict found that 48% wanted to see Bolsonaro imprisoned while an almost equal proportion…

The Conversation

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 Democracy Is Not Safer After Bolsonaro's Conviction

The unprecedented conviction of the former president is reshaping Brazilian politics.

Reason

Doctors for Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer

Bolsonaro's lawyers are likely to put his ill health forward as an argument for house arrest rather than prison following his coup conviction.

Euronews

Doctors for Brazil's Bolsonaro say early-stage cancer detected in his skin lesions

Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed over the weekend from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges

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International Business Times

Brazil's Bolsonaro Adds Skin Cancer To Medical Woes

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Brazil’s Bolsonaro goes to hospital for the second time since his coup trial conviction

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to a hospital in Brasilia

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office

Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021

The Guardian - US

‘Diplomatic abuse’: Brazil minister on US revoking his 10-year-old daughter’s visa

Alexandre Padilha’s father fled dictatorship for the US – now the health chief’s family is a target of Trump’s bully tactics

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Euronews

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”.

Al Jazeera

Lula hails Bolsonaro verdict, tells Trump Brazil’s democracy not negotiable

In NYT op-ed, Lula praises ‘historic’ sentencing of Bolsonaro on coup charges, slams US levies on Brazil as misguided.

International Business Times

Bolsonaro Conviction 'Not A Witch Hunt,' Lula Tells Trump In NYT Op-ed

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pushed back Sunday against harsh US criticism of the conviction this week of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro on coup charges.

The Independent UK

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

International Business Times

What Next For Brazil After Bolsonaro's Conviction?

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup.

Latin Times

Brazil's Bolsonaro, a Trump Ally, Sentenced to 27 Years for Coup Attempt but May Still Avoid Prison

With only one of five justices voting to acquit, Bolsonaro's legal team cannot overturn the conviction but may seek a reduced sentence or house arrest instead.

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