Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent. By Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas Reporting ...

On Sunday, Brazilians celebrated their country's independence from Portugal as they do every year on 7 September: with patriotism, military parades, flag-waving and churrascos – Brazilian barbecues.

As the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of collapse, hardline communists made a desperate bid to hold onto power. This is the story of the 1991 coup attempt that sought to reverse history but ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of conspiring to thwart his 2022 presidential election loss by plotting a coup. The justices, who found Bolsonaro guilty in ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A simple majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices voted to convict former ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat, making him the first former president convicted of such a ...

Alexandre de Moraes, judge at Brazil's Supreme Court (STF), attends a session to deliberate on the verdict in the trial against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven co-defendants. The former head ...

Ex-president accused of leading coup to overturn 2022 election Bolsonaro also accused of inciting January 2023 capital riots Bolsonaro one vote away from conviction, likely prison sentence BRASILIA, ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court convened Thursday for the penultimate day of Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on coup-plot charges, with the panel one vote short of the majority needed to convict the former president.

A majority of voting justices said they plan to vote to convict Brazil’s former president of trying to hold onto power. A final verdict could come Thursday. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Brazil’s ...