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Lula vows retaliatory tariffs if Trump imposes 50% levies on Brazil
Brazilian President Lula da Silva warns of retaliatory tariffs on the US if Trump imposes a 50% levy over Bolsonaro's trial, risking a trade war.
Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff, demands Bolsonaro trial ends
Brazil’s prosecutor-general has filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
Brazil's former president to stand trial over coup attempt
Bolsonaro, who fought to stay in power after losing the 2022 election, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and claims he is being politically persecuted.
Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup
Brazil’s prosecutor-general has filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
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Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro indicted over undeclared diamonds
It's the former populist president's second indictment since leaving office, following another in May for allegedly falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
185,000 Bolsonaro supporters stage rally to defend him amid coup probe
The former president denied that he and his supporters attempted a coup when rioters assaulted government buildings a year ago.
Brazil: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters on trial for 8 January disorder
Four men are on trial in Brasília accused of crimes including armed criminal conspiracy, violent uprising against the rule of law and an attempted coup
Brazil celebrates 34% drop in Amazon deforestation under Lula
It follows four years of rising destruction in the critical rainforest under Bolsonaro, but experts know “the fight isn’t over”.
Former right-wing president Bolsonaro on trial in Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro could be eliminated from the 2026 presidential race if a court decided he broke the law with his unproven allegations against the voting system.
Brazil's Lula recognises 1,200 square km of Indigenous land
Brazil has recognised six Indigenous areas, most of which are in the threatened Amazon rainforest.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro returns to Brazil
Former President Jair Bolsonaro returned Thursday to Brazil after a three-month stint in Florida following his election loss, and the right-wing populist told supporters he doesn’t think leftists will be in power in the country for long.
Here's why European nations are considering joining the Amazon Fund
Here's why European nations are considering joining the Amazon Fund
Jair Bolsonaro speaks in Miami still confused he lost election
Only a few weeks after his supporters stormed the seat of his country's government, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday expressed bafflement at how he could have lost October's election.
Brazil: Bolsonaro's nephew's home raided in 8 January 'coup' probe
The series of raids resulting in 11 arrests mark the first time a member of the former president's family has been included in the investigation of the Brasilia uprising.
Brazil: Illegal mining has caused Indigenous ‘genocide’, Lula says
President Lula wants to reduce deforestation and gold mining in the Amazon. He has done so in the past - during his 2003-2010 tenure in office, Amazon deforestation dropped by 72 per cent.
Artisans in Brasilia repair art works damaged by right-wing rioters
Heritage workers in Brazil's capital city are repairing and restoring dozens of art works and antiques damaged on 8 January when right-wing Bolsonaristas ransacked Brasilia's government buildings.