President Jair Bolsonaro faced a 27-year prison sentence. This was due to a Supreme Court ruling led by Justice Alexandre de ...

BRASILIA: Some Brazilian historians now count 14 coup attempts in the republic’s 136 years. Some have been successful, ...

Brazil braced Friday for possible new US sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond ...

The sentencing of Jair Bolsonaro reminds us that democracy isn’t dead – and shows what can happen when democratic institutions have the courage to stick to their principles ...

Brazil barred Bolsonaro from running again and is sending him to jail. Other countries have done it, too. Why is the United ...

Conspirators, codenames and a coup attempt. Looking at the fallout in Brazil after its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government.

Four of the five Supreme Court justices reviewing the case found Jair Bolsonaro guilty on five counts, in a ruling that will deepen political divisions.

President Trump made his demands to Brazil very clear: Drop the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro of attempting ...

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup to stay in office after losing his ...

With Bolsonaro under house arrest and in poor health , his lawyer has said that the ex-leader was too sick to attend the ...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup. Yet the former president remains one of the country's most consequential figures.