Ex-Brazil president who has been in Florida since 30 December is being investigated for attempt to topple country’s governmentBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing investigation as part of an inquiry into alleged attempt to topple the…

Movement to tackle lack of diversity within Brazil’s foreign office coincides with Lula’s return to powerMore than a century after Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes became, in 1918, the first woman to enter Brazil’s diplomatic service, the country’s …

Júlio Cesar de Arruda reportedly stopped police detaining suspected rioters who took refuge outside army headquarters The head of the Brazilian army has been sacked by the country’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after claims the commander t…

Bolsonaro supporters are also accused of armed criminal association and violent attempt to subvert democratic state of lawThe office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented its first charges against some of the thousands of people who authorities …

Lula’s government claims it has ‘absolute control’ after storming of capital by Bolsonaro supporters, but failed putsch is not over, say insidersSônia Guajajara should have been making history last Tuesday afternoon, being sworn in as the head of Brazi…

Former justice minister Anderson Torres was capital’s security chief when far-right rioters stormed government buildingsJair Bolsonaro to be investigated as part of inquiry into far-right Brazil riotOne of Jair Bolsonaro’s key allies, the former justic…

Former president shared a video questioning last year’s election result after his supporters stormed Brasília’s democratic institutionsBrazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro will be investigated as part of an inquiry into an alleged attempt to topple…