Rot at heart of Brazilian democracy exposed amid dark charges against Bolsonaro and military
Serving and retired generals alleged to have led an effort to overthrow the 2022 election and murder the victors and the judge who oversaw the process
Jair Bolsonaro
Alt-right digital influencer loses out by narrow margin in São Paulo mayoral race
Pablo Marçal hints at a run for presidency despite facing potential ban from future elections over forged medical report about rival Guilherme Boulos
Pablo for mayor: A lifestyle coach with no political experience and a criminal past
São Paulo’s mayoral election had been uninspiring. Then Pablo Marçal threw his baseball cap into the ring
Brazilian court orders ‘total suspension’ of X as row with Elon Musk deepens
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
Elon Musk’s X braced for ban in Brazil amid fight with judge
Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content
Bolsonaro rally exposes a weakened political leader
São Paulo Letter: The former president has many legal woes and fears arrest
Bolsonaro draws supporters to rally amid coup denials
Former Brazilian president is being investigated over alleged role in attacks on government buildings
What’s the latest crisis facing the Amazon rain forest?
Experts are warning that ‘the lungs of the world’ face a disastrous tipping point by 2050 unless radical action is taken
Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passport in Brazil ‘coup plot’ investigation
Three aides to former leader arrested as police set out details of alleged plan to prevent Lula taking office after 2022 polls
Brazil president Lula close to deal with rightwing parties
Government, which does not hold a majority in Congress, is in talks with allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro, the Saudi Rolex sold in a US shopping centre, and how it could lead to his arrest
Brazil’s ex-president faces multiple criminal inquiries. But his biggest threat may be the case involving a watch gifted by the Saudis and sold in Pennsylvania
Amazon rainforest nations gather for first time in 14 years in bid to create shared policy
Summit could agree to a regional pact to stop deforestation by 2030, among other measures
Amazon summit may be best chance to save rainforest
Indigenous leaders seek to play key role in talks as Brazil regional summit raises hopes for Amazon protection
Swiftflation: star’s pulling power likely to push up prices
Planet Business: Bolsonaro themed party hats; bumper Barbie box office forecasts; and Threads v Twitter
Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro barred from serving in public office until 2030
Four out of seven justices voted to convict Bolsonaro for abuse of power and misuse of the media during 2022 election
Bolsonaro’s political career hangs in balance as abuse of power court case begins
Brazil’s Democratic Labour Party claims former president used government channels to promote campaign and cast doubts on electronic voting system
Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro home in fake vaccine certs inquiry
Former president accused of using forged documents to travel to US illegally
Jair Bolsonaro summoned in Saudi jewel inquiry as he returns to Brazil
Former president has been in self-imposed exile in Florida after refusing to concede defeat in last year’s election
Why the Amazon’s largest isolated tribe is dying
The infant mortality rate among the 31,000 Yanomamis in Brazil now exceeds those of war-torn and famine-stricken countries, with one in 10 infants dying, government data says
The Clock Winds Down: Brian Maguire’s powerful portrayal of a world under attack
Brian Maguire has turned his gaze and his anger on the social and ecological fallout from the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest
How the war in Ukraine met the war on woke
The culture wars have become part of today’s geopolitical struggles
Lula accuses Bolsonaro of genocide against Yanomami in Amazon
Justice minister vows to launch police investigation into suffering blamed on illegal mining and government neglect, as Bolsonaro calls allegations ‘left-wing farce’
Lula removes head of Brazilian army for allegedly stopping police from detaining rioters
Lula has removed at least 80 military officials from their jobs in his administration in the last five days
‘He was just chilling’: Bolsonaro settles in to life in Florida amid chaos in Brazil
Supporters gather outside house where former Brazilian president is staying while in exile in the US
Disruption in Brazil not just a copycat of 2021 Washington riots - nor is it clear that the outcome will be similar
Juliana de Albuquerque: Majority of Brazilians disagree with actions of rioters while American opinion far more evenly divided on violence of January 6th attack
Top Brazilian court includes Bolsonaro in capital riot investigation
Prosecutors cited a video that former president posted on Facebook two days after the January 8th riot
Brazil riots demonstrate democracy’s resilience not vulnerability
Failure of mob actions linked to Trump and Bolsonaro prove totalitarian alternatives may not be viable as the tide is turning
Bolsonaro’s administration was preparing to overturn his defeat, investigation reveals
Brazilian police discover draft of decree declaring a “state of defence”
Brazil’s Lula says coup bid will fail as he meets country’s governors
President works from his office as demonstrations supporting democracy are held in several cities nationwide
Lula moves to defuse extreme protests after farcical riot
Brazil’s president had been reluctant to clamp down on protests by supporters of Bolsonaro, but Sunday’s mayhem has brought a firm reaction
Brazilian police dismantle anti-government protest camps
At least 200 people arrested after thousands of Bolsonaro supporters storm government buildings
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s supreme court and presidential palace
Lula declares federal security intervention in the capital and says rioters will be punished
Lula tightens Brazil’s gun controls and curbs gold mining in Amazon
Newly elected president takes aim at Jair Bolsonaro’s legacy in first decrees
Lula sworn in as Brazil president amid tight security, as Bolsonaro skips ceremony
Hundreds of thousands of supporters descend on Brasília for leftwing leader’s inauguration
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