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Bolsonaro in hospital before planned surgery

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for attempting a coup, has been admitted to hospital in Brasilia where he will undergo a...

Brazil Congress OKs bill to cut Bolsonaro jail term

BRASLIA – Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who was...

Ruckus in Brazil Congress overbid to reduce Bolsonaro jail term

BRASILIAl – Chaotic scenes erupted in Brazil’s Congress Tuesday (Wednesday, Manila time) as a lawmaker disrupted lower house efforts to vote on a bill...

Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term for coup bid

BRASILIA – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time) ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting...

Bolsonaro held for trying to break ankle bracelet

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt — was taken...

Sao Paulo government quietly emerges as Bolsonaro heir

SAO PAULO, Brazil – He actively denies it, yet one name keeps surfacing as a potential successor to convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro at...

‘No amnesty!’ Brazilians protestagainst bid to pardon Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO – Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested on Sunday against “shameless” lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro adds skin cancer to woes

BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said...

Bolsonaro conviction ‘not a witch hunt’

BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pushed back Sunday (Monday Manila time) against harsh US criticism of the conviction this week...

In split-up Brasilia, some celebrate Bolsonaro conviction, others fume

BRASILIA – Patrons of a bar in Brasilia cheered and applauded Thursday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s guilty verdict appeared on a giant screen in...

Bolsonaro backers rallied before coup trial verdict

SAO PAULO – Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will test his political strength Sunday with demonstrations in the country’s main cities, days before the...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro has lost appetite ahead of trial verdict – son

Brasília – Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has lost his appetite and continues to vomit, his son said Friday, just days before learning his...

Brazilian prosecutors: Bolsonaro is flight risk

BRASILIA – Brazilian prosecutors called for increased police surveillance of former president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday (Tuesday Manla time), as the Supreme Court hears...

Defense lawyers call for acquittal of Bolsonaro

BRASILIA – Defense lawyers for former president Jair Bolsonaro asked Brazil’s Supreme Court for an acquittal during Wednesday’s (Thursday Manila time) closing arguments in...
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