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Eduardo Bolsonaro

Eduardo Bolsonaro
The latest news and top stories on Eduardo Bolsonaro, the federal deputy for São Paulo since 2015, achieving a record number of votes in 2018. A lawyer and former federal police officer, he chairs the International Affairs and National Defense Committee. Bolsonaro is a key figure in right-wing populism, representing ’The Movement’ in South America and advocating for conservative principles.
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro at his residence last year. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil court grants house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro due to ill health

Judge authorises an initial 90-day medical reprieve for the former president following his hospitalisation.

Brazil

Supporters of ex-president Bolsonaro rally across Brazil against Lula

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro has brain injury after falling and hitting head in prison

Americas and the Caribbean

Bolsonaro’s house arrest bid fails, as Brazil court rejects health claims

Brazil’s Supreme Court rejected the former president’s request, citing no health decline, so the ex-leader remains in prison.

Bolsonaro is seen at his residence in Brasilia in September 2025. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro backs son’s presidential bid, undergoes hernia surgery

The former president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, was allowed to leave prison for the operation.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Lula vows to veto bill slashing Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term

The proposed law could see the ex-president spend just over two years behind bars for an attempted coup.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Congress passes bill to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence

If successful, the legislation could see Brazil’s former president serve a little over two years in prison for coup plot.

The bill provoked protests in cities across Brazil on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil’s top court upholds jailing of Bolsonaro after ‘attempt to flee’

Top court panel unanimously rules the former president should remain arrested after admitting he broke his ankle monitor.

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro could be in jail within weeks after coup plot verdict upheld

The former president was convicted in September for attempting to prevent President Lula from taking power after the 2022 polls.

Brazil

US targets wife of Brazilian Supreme Court judge Moraes with sanctions

The US also revoked the visas of six Brazilian judicial officials as sanctions deepen the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes (right) and his wife Viviane Barci de Moraes with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia last year. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting coup

The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail.

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro at the garage of his residence in Brasilia on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil judge votes to acquit in Bolsonaro coup case, breaking with peers

The five-judge panel still seems likely to convict the ex-president, but the vote by Luiz Fux raises the odds of an appeal if that happens.

Americas and the Caribbean

First 2 of 5 judges in Bolsonaro coup trial vote to convict

The panel is now only one vote away from convicting the ex-president, in a case that has angered US ally Donald Trump.

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Brics

China’s Xi makes rallying call against hegemonism, protectionism in Brics speech

Brics nations must ‘jointly defend multilateralism’, uphold the Brics spirit of openness, Chinese leader says in virtual address.

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President Xi Jinping has called on Brics nations to “maintain a multilateral trading system centred on the World Trade Organization and resist all forms of protectionism”. Photo: Xinhua
Brazil

In veiled jab at Trump, Lula says Brazil doesn’t ‘accept orders’ from anyone

The president also slammed Brazilian politicians who encourage ‘attacks’ on the country, calling them ‘traitors’.

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (second right) raises a miniature gas cylinder during an event in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, on September 4. Photo: AFP
China’s private sector

China’s 2024 Brazil investment doubled to highest level since Covid: report

Report says Brazil is now the leading emerging economy destination for Chinese capital.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil court mulls Bolsonaro’s fate, shrugging off US ‘threats’

Brazil case could see the ex-president and Trump ally sentenced to over 40 years in prison for an alleged coup attempt.

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