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Brazilian President Lula discharged from hospital after surgery to stop brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president spoke alongside doctors in a press conference on Sunday morning in a show that he was doing well...
Ex-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police on Saturday arrested a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet and his 2022 running mate in connection with investigations into an alleged coup plot, the Supreme Court said in a statement. Gen. Walter Braga Netto was formally...
Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization. Gangs were present this year in 260 of 772...
The EU and a South American trade bloc reach a giant trade deal after 25 years of talks
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of on-off negotiations even as France vowed to derail the contentious accord....
Outcry in Brazil as video shows a Sao Paulo police officer throwing a man off a bridge
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A military police officer in Brazil 's biggest metropolitan area was seen on video throwing a man off a bridge and into a river, prompting a backlash. Footage shown on local television stations shows several Sao Paulo state officers on a bridge Monday besides...
How Brazilian police say Bolsonaro plotted a coup to stay in office
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Federal Police in late November formally accused far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of planning a coup to keep him in office. The agency described a multi-step scheme, substantiated by evidence and testimony, in an 884-page report. The...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed police report alleges
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report unsealed Tuesday. Federal Police last Thursday formally...
Dozens of recordings reveal high-ranking Brazilian officers pressured Bolsonaro to stage a coup
SAO PAULO (AP) — A trove of leaked audio recordings from late 2022 reveal high-ranking members of Brazil 's army discussing efforts to pressure then-President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a coup and remain in power. The 53 recordings, obtained by the Federal Police and accessed by...
The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been a target for investigations since his early days in office, and the swarm of cases since his failed reelection bid in 2022 has left him in ever-deeper legal jeopardy. In the latest development Thursday, he was...
Brazilian police formally accuse former President Bolsonaro and aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their sealed findings were being delivered Thursday to...
