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Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules

Supreme court judges decide former president should face criminal prosecution alongside seven close allies

The Guardian - US · Mar 26, 2025

Analysis: Bolsonaro’s political persecution narrative will be Lula’s biggest problem

The indictment filed by the attorney general’s office on Tuesday February 18 against Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and 33 other people is the country’s most eagerly awaited – and most important – political event of recent months. The document doesn’t really contain any new elements: almost all of the…

The Conversation · Feb 21, 2025

Bolsonaro indictment leaves Brazil’s tropical Trump staring at prospect of jail

The ex-president faces charges of a murderous conspiracy while his US counterpart has surged back to power

The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2025

Brazil inquiry into alleged Bolsonaro-era pilfering of official gifts widens

Close associates of ex-president – and possibly Bolsonaro himself – have been accused of selling off expensive gifts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2023

Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’

Electoral judges bar former far-right leader from running for office for eight years for ‘appalling lies’ during last year’s election

The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2023

Political future of Brazil's Bolsonaro hangs in the balance as his trial begins

Brazil’s top electoral court has started hearing a case that could torpedo the political future of former President Jair Bolsonaro by rendering him ineligible for public office for eight years

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Brazilian police search Jair Bolsonaro mansion and arrest aide

Police investigate suspected efforts to fake Covid-19 vaccination records in order to travel to US

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro questioned by police investigating Brazil coup attempt

Former president of Brazil says he shared video claiming election rigging ‘by mistake’ while on morphine in US hospital

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2023

What next for Bolsonaro? Not the presidency, wager even his Brazil allies

Former President Jair Bolsonaro promises to be many things in the coming years: a leader of Brazil's political opposition, a thorn in the side of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and a kingmaker in right-wing politics.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023

Brazil's Bolsonaro testifies in scandal over Saudi jewelry gift

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police headquarters on Wednesday to testify in an investigation into jewelry and gifts given in 2021 to the then-president and his wife by the king of Saudi Arabia.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023