Jair Bolsonaro

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Bolsonaro presented plan to reverse 2022 election, Brazilian military leaders say

4:52am March 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

Testimonies of two former military commanders to police include the first direct mentions of Jair Bolsonaro as actively participating in a conspiracy to ignore the results of the 2022 election.

An officer of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) takes part in an operation against Amazon deforestation at an illegal mining camp, known as garimpo, at the Yanomami territory in Roraima State, Brazil, on February 24.

Brazilian leaders praise a 34% drop in the rate of deforestation in the Amazon

5:01am July 10, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The decrease began in January after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro left office and leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro at Brasilia International Airport on Thursday.

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A Brazil court has banned Bolsonaro from running for election until 2030

4:30pm June 30, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from office for eight years for abuse of power, after he made unfounded claims about Brazil's voting system ahead of last year's election.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as he leaves the Federal Senate in Brasília on June 21.

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Bolsonaro goes on trial over electoral fraud claims that could bar him from elections

4:02am June 22, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro goes on trial Thursday, facing charges that he spread false information about Brazil's election system. He's also facing allegations that he abused his power.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves Federal Police headquarters after giving testimony over the Jan. 8 attacks, in Brasilia, April 26.

Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro's home in COVID vaccine card investigation

11:57am May 03, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Police raided former President Jair Bolsonaro's home, investigating claims of suspected efforts to falsify vaccination records to travel to the U.S. He denies any role in allegedly forging documents.

The jewelry with diamonds gifted to former President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government, which was seized by customs officials, is seen at SÃ£o Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos, Brazil, on Tuesday.

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Gifted jewelry from Saudi Arabia entangles Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro

8:39am March 15, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

A scandal is unfolding in Brazil involving millions of dollars worth of jewels, the Saudi government and former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a 6-month visa to remain in the U.S.

10:08am February 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

The ex-president left Brazil for Florida a week before his supporters rioted in Brasilia. Analysts say his special diplomatic visa expired Tuesday, leaving U.S. authorities to decide his legal status.

Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, looks on after speaking from his official residence at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022.

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Brazil's Supreme Court agrees to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for riot

1:37am January 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Brazil's Supreme Court granted the request from the prosecutor general's office to include Bolsonaro in the wider investigation, citing a video he posted on Facebook two days after the riot.

A view through a cracked window in Brazil's presidential office building looking out at Three Powers Square in Brasília, where supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and ransacked government buildings Sunday.

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Democrats push for Bolsonaro to be booted from the U.S. as Brazil investigates riots

1:49pm January 12, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

2:10pm January 10, 2023

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

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