Key Brazilian electoral judge votes to bar Bolsonaro from office until 2030
The vote by Benedito Goncalves, the lead justice in the case against Bolsonaro, does not amount to a full conviction, but may set the tone for subsequent judge’s votes.
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Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failingAn area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests in 20…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces being barred from office as trial begins
Bolsonaro complained he was getting unfair treatment compared with Lula, and said the “unbelievable” case against him was a politically-motivated hit job.
‘The signs aren’t good’: Bolsonaro may face ban on running for office in 2026
Judges to decide whether to impose eight-year ban on Brazil’s former president, after attack on electoral systemThe political future of one of the big names of the global populist right is on the line this week as Brazilian judges prepare to decide whe…
Brazilian police search Jair Bolsonaro mansion and arrest aide
Police investigate suspected efforts to fake Covid-19 vaccination records in order to travel to USFederal police have searched the mansion of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and arrested one of his closest aides as part of an investigation int…
Diehard Bolsonaro fans greet far-right ex-president on return to Brazil
Son says Jair Bolsonaro will lead opposition after return from self-imposed exile in US Three months after he left Brazil to avoid passing the presidential sash to his leftist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president Jair Bolsonaro has flo…
Indigenous children suffer most from illegal miners’ Amazon invasion
The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant healthThe severely malnourished Yanomami baby girl is about eight months old but weighs just 2.75kg (6lbs) – less than half the average for …
Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula
Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under BolsonaroDeforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in February to the highest level on record for the month, highlighting the scale…
‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands
An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidencyFor the last four years Brazil’s rainforests bled. “They bled like never before,” said Felipe Finger as he prepared to venture into…
Bolsonaro says he intends to return to Brazil in coming weeks
The comment during an event at an evangelical church in Florida was the first time that Bolsonaro has made a statement in public about returning home.