The trial of Jair Bolsonaro and seven other summit members for attempting a coup d'état begins today at the Supreme Federal Court, with the former Brazilian president risking a sentence of more than 40 years in prison, according to the international press. The trial at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), presided over by a panel of five judges,...
Accused of leading an alleged coup d'état, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will be tried on September 2, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) has decided. The date was set by the president of the First Panel of the STF, Cristiano Zanin. According to the international press, the magistrate also decided that, if necessary, the hearings will be...
Judge Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Court ordered the house arrest of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday (04). According to a report in Jornal Negócios, the magistrate argues that Bolsonaro did not comply with the precautionary measures that had been stipulated and which prohibited him from using social networks. He guarantees that the former president used...
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...