Brazil Brazil's Supreme Court nears verdict in Bolsonaro coup plot case If convicted by the five-judge panel in the verdict expected by the end of the week, Bolsonaro could be sentenced to decades behind bars. 09/09/2025
Brazil Jair Bolsonaro planned to seek asylum in Argentina, Brazil police say Bolsonaro is currently awaiting a Supreme Court ruling about an alleged coup attempt and learned on Wednesday he might face another case as police formally accused him and one of his sons, Eduardo Bolsonaro, of obstruction of justice. 21/08/2025
Brazil Brazil's Bolsonaro rejects coup allegations in final court statement The former president and other defendants were required to present their final arguments by Wednesday. This marks the final procedural step before the trial concludes, which is expected by the end of the year. 14/08/2025
Brazil Brazil judge places former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest The ruling comes a month after Brazil’s top court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor, submit to a curfew and abide by limitations on his activity as legal proceedings investigating an alleged coup plot continue. 05/08/2025
USA US Treasury sanctions Brazilian judge overseeing Bolsonaro's trial US President Donald Trump also signed an executive order that effectively implements the 50% tariff announced earlier this month, which he had explicitly linked to Bolsonaro's case. 31/07/2025
Economy 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. 11/07/2025
USA 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. 10/07/2025
Brazil 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. 26/03/2025
Brazil 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. 19/02/2025
Brazil 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. 05/07/2024
Brazil 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. 26/02/2024
Brazil 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 14/09/2023
Green News 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”. 07/07/2023
Brazil 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. 22/06/2023
World News 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. 29/04/2023
Brazil 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. 30/03/2023
Europe Decoded Here's why European nations are considering joining the Amazon Fund Here's why European nations are considering joining the Amazon Fund 03/03/2023
USA 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. 04/02/2023
Brazil 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. 28/01/2023
Green News 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. 23/01/2023