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Jair Bolsonaro

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Brazil’s High Court Clears Path to Try Eduardo Bolsonaro on Obstruction Charge

Prosecutors say he tried to intimidate justices by enlisting U.S. pressure.

Bolsonaro Appeals 27-Year Coup Sentence With Supreme Court Review in November

Bolsonaro Discharged From Hospital After Early-Stage Skin Cancer Found in Removed Lesions

Bolsonaro Hospitalized Again Days After Coup Conviction Under House Arrest

Brazil Supreme Court Panel Sentences Bolsonaro to 27 Years for Attempted Coup

Brazil’s Supreme Court Convicts Bolsonaro of Coup Plot, Sentences Him to 27 Years

Brazil’s Supreme Court Begins Votes in Bolsonaro Coup Trial

Brazil’s Supreme Court Opens Verdict Phase in Bolsonaro Coup Case

Brazil Orders 24-Hour Police Watch on Bolsonaro, Citing Flight Risk

Bolsonaro Defense Pushes Back After Police Cite Argentina Asylum Draft and Urge New Charges

Bolsonaro Leaves House Arrest for Medical Exams Ahead of Supreme Court Verdict

Brazil’s Supreme Court Places Jair Bolsonaro Under House Arrest

Brazil’s Supreme Court Rejects US Sanctions as Trump Tariffs Loom

U.S. Revokes Visas of Brazilian Supreme Court Justices, Deepening Bolsonaro Case Standoff

Brazil Imposes Ankle Monitor on Bolsonaro as U.S. Escalates Sanctions

Brazil Forms Trade Reciprocity Committee Ahead of Trump Tariffs as Bolsonaro Trial Advances

‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Arrives on Netflix as Bolsonaro Faces Trial

Bolsonaro Mobilizes Rally on Paulista Avenue During Supreme Court Coup Trial