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Similar legislation introduced in Rio in mid-1990s caused an explosion of extrajudicial killings in the city’s favelasHuman rights activists have voiced outrage after Rio de Janeiro’s parliament approved plans to pay police officers a “wild west bonus”…
South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persistsLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, has launched an impassioned defence of his country’s democracy, claimin…
South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persistsLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, has launched an impassioned defence of his country’s democracy, claimin…
Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jailTens of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to demand no amnesty be granted to their country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro after he was convicted of plo…
Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to pay R$1m (£138,000) in collective moral damages for remarks deemed “racist” while he was in office.T…
Indigenous groups and other minorities praise verdict while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions• Operation World Cup: the murder plot at the heart of Brazil’s trial of the century• Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military cou…
Intricate plan to allegedly murder top judge and incoming president and vice-president was central to Jair Bolsonaro coup hopesThe conspirators used codenames to conceal their identities as they geared up for their mission: to plunge Brazil into chaos …
With widespread support at home and from Trump, his heir will take the fight to Lula in the 2026 presidential electionFour years have passed since Jair Bolsonaro laid out three possible denouements for his extraordinary political career, during which t…
Brazil’s far-right ex-president was found to have led a ‘criminal organisation’ to try to stay in powerBolsonaro found guilty of plotting military coupBrazil’s supreme court has made Jair Bolsonaro the first former president in the country’s history to…
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 electionExplainer: what did Bolsonaro’s trial reveal?Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a mi…