Bolsonaro

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Brazil Bolsonaro
Former president of Brazil ordered to wear electronic ankle monitor
Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said, in a move he described as “a supreme humiliation”.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

APTOPIX Brazil Bolsonaro Trial
Bolsonaro appears before Brazil’s Supreme Court over alleged coup plan
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro denied participation in an alleged plot to remain in power and overturn the 2022 election result as he gave evidence on Tuesday for the first time before the Supreme Court over the charges.

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Brazil Bolsonaro
Brazil court accepts charges against more Bolsonaro allies in alleged coup plot
A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices has unanimously accepted charges against six more key allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

Brazil Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Bolsonaro shares recovery footage from intensive care after surgery
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has shared footage on social media of his recovery in hospital where he remains in intensive care following bowel surgery.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2025

Brazil Lula
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro remains in hospital with abdominal pain
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred on Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after suffering abdominal pain.

Sun, 13 Apr, 2025

Boris Johnson visit to US
Brazil Supreme Court orders Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial over alleged coup plan
A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Brazil Bolsonaro
Majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel accepts coup charge against Bolsonaro
A majority of a panel of justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court has accepted charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Three justices voted in favour of putting him on trial.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Brazil Protest
Supreme Court poised to decide if Bolsonaro will stand trial
A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices will meet on Tuesday to determine whether former president Jair Bolsonaro and close allies will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Brazil Protest
Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters protest on Copacabana Beach after coup charges
Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro poured onto Copacabana Beach on Sunday to express their support for the far-right politician as he faces charges he plotted a coup.

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup
Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and current president Luiz Inacio ...

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro indicted for money laundering, sources say
Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro indicted for money laundering, sources say
Brazil’s federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, sources say.

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Ex-Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro accused of falsifying his Covid vaccine data
Ex-Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro accused of falsifying his Covid vaccine data
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination data in the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2024

Defiant Bolsonaro declares he is ‘not afraid of any trial’
Defiant Bolsonaro declares he is ‘not afraid of any trial’
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said he was “not afraid of any trial” after documents released by the Supreme Court revealed two top military leaders said the populist plotted to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

Sun, 17 Mar, 2024

Brazil military chiefs told police of Bolsonaro’s plan to reverse 2022 election
Brazil military chiefs told police of Bolsonaro’s plan to reverse 2022 election
Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them with a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him that they would arrest him if he tried it, ...

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024

Bolsonaro under investigation for allegedly harassing a humpback whale
Bolsonaro under investigation for allegedly harassing a humpback whale
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for having allegedly “harassed” a humpback whale while riding a jetski off Sao Paulo’s coast last year.

Tue, 27 Feb, 2024

Bolsonaro draws supporters to rally amid coup denials
Bolsonaro draws supporters to rally amid coup denials
Tens of thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro rallied in Brazil’s biggest city on Sunday to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail.

Mon, 26 Feb, 2024

Ex-Brazilian president Bolsonaro meets with police as part of coup allegations
Ex-Brazilian president Bolsonaro meets with police as part of coup allegations
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides have met with police as part of an investigation into allegations they plotted a coup to remove Mr Bolsonaro’s successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Thu, 22 Feb, 2024

Jair Bolsonaro Carlos Bolsonaro
Police in Brazil investigate Bolsonaro’s son for alleged spying on opponents
Brazilian police searched the homes and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councillor on Monday, two days after the Supreme Court granted the warrants.

Mon, 29 Jan, 2024

Brazil’s Bolsonaro questioned about diamond jewellery and sale of luxury watches
Brazil’s Bolsonaro questioned about diamond jewellery and sale of luxury watches
Brazilian federal police are questioning former president Jair Bolsonaro about allegedly attempting to sneak in diamond jewellery reportedly worth $3 million (€2.

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into voting system ahead of 2022 vote
A Brazilian hacker has claimed at a congressional hearing that then-president Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.

Thu, 17 Aug, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian police claim Bolsonaro benefited from sale of luxury jewellery gifts
Brazil’s federal police have alleged former president Jair Bolsonaro received cash from the $70,000 (€64,000) sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office, posing another potential blow for the embattled ...

Sat, 12 Aug, 2023

Brazil court bars former president Jair Bolsonaro from elections until 2030
Brazil court bars former president Jair Bolsonaro from elections until 2030
A panel of judges voted on Friday to make far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to run for office again, after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro’s political future hangs in the balance as Brazilian court case begins
Brazil’s top electoral court has begun hearing a case that could torpedo the political future of former president Jair Bolsonaro by rendering him ineligible for public office for eight years.

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian police search ex-president Bolsonaro’s home
Police said officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the Covid-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system

Wed, 03 May, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after three-month stay in Florida
Former president Jair Bolsonaro has arrived back in Brazil after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene as authorities in the capital brace for the far-right populist’s return.

Thu, 30 Mar, 2023

Boris Johnson visit to US
Brazil’s Bolsonaro applies for six-month US visitor visa
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has filed a request for a six-month visitor visa to stay in the US, indicating he may have no immediate intention of returning home, where legal issues await.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2023

Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro eyes early return to Brazil as US stay irks Biden
Joe Biden’s administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as US politicians to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following his supporters’ brazen attack on Brazil’s capital over the ...

Tue, 10 Jan, 2023

Brazil Elections
Brazil’s Bolsonaro grabs at heckler and tries to take phone
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro briefly grappled with a heckler and tried to snatch his phone. The incident underscores the possible challenges for the sometimes quick-tempered leader to stay disciplined on the campaign trail.

Thu, 18 Aug, 2022

Brazil President Hospitalized
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro released from hospital after two days
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from hospital in Sao Paulo, and has addressed the press. He had been in hospital for two days after an intestinal obstruction that forced him to cut short a holiday.

Wed, 05 Jan, 2022

Italy Bolsonaro Citizenship
Bolsonaro cheered and jeered in Italian town honouring Brazilian president
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was both cheered and jeered as he arrived in a small northern Italian town to receive an honorary citizenship and to visit the home town of one of his ancestors.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2021

Brazil Economy
Brazil senators recommend Bolsonaro face charges over handling of Covid-19
A Brazilian Senate committee has recommended President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world’s second highest Covid-19 death toll.

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

Brazil Colombia
Brazil’s senate to recommend criminal indictment on Bolsonaro over bungled Covid response
Recommended charges also include misuse of public funds and “prevarication”, which entails delaying or refraining from action required as part of a public official’s duty for reasons of personal interest

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

International Court Brazil
Climate activists urge investigation of Brazil’s Bolsonaro over Amazon policies
A group of climate lawyers have called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into Brazil’s president for possible crimes against humanity over his administration’s Amazon policies.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

Virus Outbreak Brazil Protest
Protesters fill streets across Brazil to demand impeachment of president
Tens of thousands of people have marched through Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and dozens of other cities across Brazil in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro and calling for his impeachment over his government’s handling of the coronavirus ...

Sun, 03 Oct, 2021

Brazil Independence Day
Brazilian president risks backlash over show of strength
Thousands of demonstrators have arrived at the central plaza in Brazil’s capital for Independence Day celebrations in support of embattled president Jair Bolsonaro.

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

Brazil Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro leaves hospital after treatment
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro left a hospital on Sunday after being treated there since last week for an intestinal obstruction.

Sun, 18 Jul, 2021

Virus Outbreak Brazil
Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro replaces defence minister
The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned on Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defence minister.

Tue, 30 Mar, 2021

Virus Outbreak Brazil
Brazilian president says he has tested negative for coronavirus
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said he has tested negative for the coronavirus, based on a fourth test since his announcement on July 7 that he had the illness. The 65-year-old leader did not say when he took the new test.

Sat, 25 Jul, 2020

Latest

Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford

News

Most Read

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited