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The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro

Nov. 22, 2024 16:28 PM EST

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

Nov. 22, 2024 16:07 PM EST

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...

Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next?

Nov. 22, 2024 13:35 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Police have formally accused Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his electoral defeat in 2022. Their allegations threaten to torpedo Bolsonaro's hopes of returning to politics. ...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and several aides indicted on charges of attempting a coup in 2022, police say

Nov. 21, 2024 13:39 PM EST
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and several aides indicted on charges of attempting a coup in 2022, police say.

Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen

Nov. 20, 2024 18:42 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to...

Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence

Nov. 20, 2024 00:09 AM EST

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up the first U.N. climate conference to be held in the Amazon. The largest tropical forest in the world stores huge amounts of planet-warming...

Brazilian police arrest 5 officers in alleged 2022 coup plot to kill President Lula, others

Nov. 19, 2024 17:15 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil ’s federal police arrested Tuesday five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said. The five also planned to...

Brazil authorities link bombing in the capital to extremist discourse

Nov. 14, 2024 14:27 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice said Thursday that he believes the explosion outside the court in capital Brasilia was the consequence of frequent far-right attacks and hate speech targeting the country’s institutions. “It grew under the guise of a criminal...

Man kills himself with blasts outside Brazil's Supreme Court after failing to get inside

Nov. 13, 2024 22:20 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — A man who failed in an attempt to break into Brazil's Supreme Court killed himself in explosions outside the building Wednesday that forced justices and staff to evacuate, authorities said. The two strong blasts were heard about 7:30 p.m. after the day's session...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year

Nov. 07, 2024 13:46 PM EST

AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly...