Brazil had its own January 6 in 2023, when hundreds of former President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in Brasília. They were protesting ...

On Jan. 15, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered that incarcerated ex-President Jair Bolsonaro ...

When pro-Bolsonaro rioters invaded the National Congress building, Supreme Court headquarters, and Palácio do Planalto in Brasília on January 8, 2023, they damaged numerous treasures of national art.

The conviction of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro earlier this month on coup-plotting charges captures both the strengths and the limits of Brazil’s democracy. Since the fall of the monarchy ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could ...

Rasilia, Brazil — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and ...

Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles ...

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, arrives at the Supreme Federal Court in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, June 9, 2025. On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Brazil convicted Jair Bolsonaro, the ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s prosecutor-general argued Tuesday that former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies plotted to overthrow democracy through a series of interconnected events aimed at ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and ...