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Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy

Mar. 28, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro's two-night stay last month at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest. A...

Brazil's Bolsonaro requests court permission to accept Netanyahu's invite to Israel

Mar. 28, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May, Bolsonaro’s lawyers said Thursday in a statement. ...

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

Mar. 26, 2024 23:19 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. The two countries' governments said in a joint statement the money will be...

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

Mar. 20, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad. But there was a problem, according to...

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status

Mar. 19, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released...

Brazil's Bolsonaro 'not afraid of any trial' over accusations he plotted to remain president

Mar. 16, 2024 15:30 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he was “not afraid of any trial,” a day after documents released by the Supreme Court revealed that two top military leaders said the populist plotted to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. ...

Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat

Mar. 15, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Two top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan for him to remain in power after the 2022 election he lost, but both refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents...

Brazil's economy grows 2.9% in Lula's 1st year, beating expectations

Mar. 01, 2024 17:53 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's economy grew 2.9% in 2023, beating expectations in the first year of the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the government statistics institute Friday. The number announced by IBGE impressed many economists, whose overall...

Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation in Brazil for allegedly harassing a whale off Sao Paulo

Feb. 27, 2024 15:14 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for having allegedly “harassed” a humpback whale while riding a personal watercraft off Sao Paulo's coast last year. Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police in Sao Paulo on Tuesday to meet...

Supporters of Brazil's Bolsonaro stage huge demonstration to defend him amid investigations

Feb. 25, 2024 20:28 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro staged a huge rally jamming a main avenue in Brazil's biggest city Sunday to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail. The far-right leader said in a speech that he seeks "pacification to erase...