Meet 'Big Alex,' Brazilian judge who led Bolsonaro's trial, challenged Trump, MuskBrazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro faced a 27-year prison sentence. This was due to a Supreme Court ruling led by Justice Alexandre de M...
14 Sep, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Bolsonaro supporters pack Brazil streets ahead of coup verdictThousands of Bolsonaro's supporters rallied in Brazil ahead of a Supreme Court decision on whether he attempted a coup after losing the 202...
08 Sep, 2025, 01.11 AM IST
Brazil's Supreme Court orders the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump allyBrazil's Supreme Court has placed former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest amid allegations of orchestrating a coup attempt follo...
05 Aug, 2025, 06.41 AM IST
Brazil soccer fan jailed for 17 years for charges that include stealing football signed by superstar NeymarBrazilian accused confessed to taking the ball, which Neymar's boyhood club Santos -- to which he returned this year -- gifted to the Chamb...
01 Jul, 2025, 09.45 PM IST
Brazil prosecutor charges Jair Bolsonaro over failed coup bidBrazil's attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others with attempting a coup following his 2022 election loss...
19 Feb, 2025, 06.41 AM IST
Brazil's past vs present: President Lula claims attempts to 'poison' him were made as former Prez Bolsonaro indictedBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revealed an assassination plot against him and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, days before th...
22 Nov, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro barred from running for political office until 2030; Here’s what happenedBrazil's highest electoral court has found ex-President Bolsonaro guilty of abusing power and misusing public media during the 2022 electio...
01 Jul, 2023, 02.32 AM IST
Former President Jair Bolsonaro says he may return to Brazil in coming weeksThere has been speculation during recent weeks on when Bolsonaro might return to Brazil, where is the subject of several investigations int...
12 Feb, 2023, 07.48 AM IST
Brazil top court to investigate Bolsonaro role in Brasilia riotsBolsonaro, who is currently in the United States, will be investigated by prosecutors for possible "instigation and intellectual authorship...
14 Jan, 2023, 07.41 AM IST
Brazil: Massive pro-democracy rallies held demanding action against rioters who stormed CongressThousands of pro-democracy protesters held rallies across Brazil demanding jail for former President Jair-Bolosnoaro’s supporters who storm...
10 Jan, 2023, 09.57 PM IST
Brazil Riots 2023 explained: Who are protesting and why?Rioters have ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress in Brazil.
09 Jan, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil's top government officesThousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, smashed windows and invaded all three buildings, which were beli...
09 Jan, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
Bolsonaro supporters in Brazil storm Presidential palace, Congress & SC in echo of U.S. Capitol invasionThe protesters broke furniture, and window panes, destroyed computers, damaged artwork and also flooded parts of the Congress building with...
09 Jan, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sworn in, vows accountability and rebuildingLula will have to navigate more challenging economic conditions than he enjoyed in his first two terms, when the global commodities boom pr...
02 Jan, 2023, 01.06 PM IST
Lula wins Brazil election in political resurrection for leftistTens of thousands of jubilant supporters took to the streets of Sao Paulo to celebrate a stunning comeback for the 77-year-old former metal...
01 Nov, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Brazil Elections 2022: In a stunning comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beats Jair BolsonaroLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva makes history in 2022 Brazil elections. He will return to Brasilía’s Planalto Palace in January. Lula took 50.9% ...
31 Oct, 2022, 07.37 PM IST
Brazil votes in contentious Presidential election, Lula leads over Jair BolsonaroViolence has occasionally plagued the campaign for Presidential election in Brazil, including killing three Workers' Party members and one ...
02 Oct, 2022, 10.24 PM IST