RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The final stage of the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro is underway in Brazil — a historic first, with the ex-leader accused of trying to overturn democracy after his ...

The opposition-controlled Congress voted in December to pass a bill that would reduce Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence.

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for his failed ...

Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a measure that would have dramatically reduced the ...

Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to ...

Bolsonaro is facing five charges brought by prosecutors and being heard by a panel of five justices of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court. The charges include attempting to violently end the democratic ...

A few years ago, Brazil’s then-President Jair Bolsonaro narrowly lost his bid for a second term. In circumstances that might sound familiar to American audiences, the far-right leader responded to the ...

(CNN) — Brazil’s Supreme Court opened a landmark trial Tuesday against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who stands accused of plotting to overturn the country’s 2022 election and cling to power. The ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow ...