The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is going to ask the Supreme Court (STF) for permission to visit Israel, at a time of crisis in diplomatic relations between the two countries. Bolsonaro is banned from leaving the country. Bolsonaro's lawyer, Fábio Wajngarten, told the Brazilian press on Sunday that the politician had received an invitation from Prime Minister...
The former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has accumulated fines of 1250 million reais in the country's courts, for attacks on the electoral system and for not complying with sanitary measures against covid-19. A survey by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo revealed that the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) imposed fines between 2022 and this year...
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) ruled this Friday that former president Jair Bolsonaro will not be able to stand for election until 2030, when he will be 75 years old. It was the vote of judge Cármen Lúcia that dictated the decision, who had appealed Bolsonaro's conviction for abuse of political power and improper use of...
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is facing his first trial before the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) today, which could make him ineligible for the next eight years, in a case in which he is accused of abusing political power. According to the international press, the lawsuit argues that Jair Bolsonaro committed abuse of political power and improper use...
Former Brazilian president and far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro began to be heard today by the Federal Police about his role in the attacks carried out by his supporters on the headquarters of the three branches of government on January 8 in Brasilia. In mid-April, a Supreme Court judge had ordered the hearing of Bolsonaro, who...
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is on his way back to Brazil after three months in the United States. According to CNN Brasil, quoted by CNN Portugal, the former Brazilian head of state boarded his flight in Orlando this Wednesday night (early Thursday morning in Mozambique) and is expected to land at Brasilia International Airport in the early morning. Speaking to...
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has given former President Jair Bolsonaro three days to explain the contents of a draft decree staging a coup d'état, found in the residence of a former minister. The deadline was set in a decision by electoral court judge Benedito Gonçalves on Monday, who ordered the document to be included...
Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) has asked the Supreme Court (STF) to open an investigation into three MPs who support former President Jair Bolsonaro for inciting violence and invading the Palace of the Three Powers. The petition signed by the PGR's deputy prosecutor, Carlos Frederico dos Santos, proposes investigating the elected parliamentarians André...
This Tuesday, the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) of Brazil asked the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU) to block the assets of former President Jair Bolsonaro, including the ousted governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, and the former Secretary of Security of the Federal District, Anderson Torres. The reason for the request made by the Deputy Attorney General of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Lucas Rocha Furtado, is...
Brazilians return to the polls today for the second round of presidential elections, in which the current head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, seeks reelection, and former president Lula da Silva tries to return to the Palácio do Planalto. The confrontation between the two candidates divides the country between the radical right that supports the current...