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Bolsonaro house arrest bid fails: Brazil top court rejects plea; health concerns dismissed

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro (File photo) Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday turned down former president Jair Bolsonaro’s plea to serve his prison term under house arrest, according to a court ruling.Bolsonaro’s legal team had filed the request a day earlier, arguing that the 70-year-old should be allowed to remain at home on health grounds […]

Prison sentence begins: Brazil ex-president starts 27-year jail term; Bolsonaro kept in secure police quarters

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro (AP) Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, was ordered Tuesday by the Supreme Court to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a failed coup to block Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections. Bolsonaro, who once reshaped Brazil’s politics and fired up […]

Coup-case turn: Ex-Brazil president Bolsonaro says ‘hallucinations’ led to ankle-monitor tampering; denies escape attempt

His claim comes a day after his arrest in Brasília, as the Supreme Court prepares to vote Monday on whether to uphold his pre-emptive detention, reported AP.Bolsonaro was detained early Saturday after security officials detected that his device had been tampered with shortly after midnight. Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorised the arrest, citing fears the […]

‘Can be more serious’: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer; health woes continue

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro departs a hospital where he received medical treatment as he returns home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP) Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said on Wednesday.“Two tested positive for a […]

‘He was a good man’: Donald Trump slams Jair Bolsonaro verdict; denies further sanctions on Brazil

Donald Trump talks to reporters US President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Brazil’s Supreme Court for sentencing former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election results. He called the ruling “very surprising” and made vague references to his own legal battles in […]

Bolsonaro coup trial: Brazil SC votes to convict ex-president; could face 40 years in jail

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority needed to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison term likely, AFP reported.Judge Carmen Lucia was the third of five judges to find the 70-year-old far-right leader guilty of trying to reclaim power after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces fresh allegations: Ex-president received $ 5mn over a year – money laundering case | World News

Jair Bolsonaro (Pic credit: ANI) Brazilian federal police have accused former president Jair Bolsonaro of receiving more than 30 million reais ($5 million) without apparent justification between March 2023 and February 2024. According to investigators, Brazil’s financial watchdog suspects a case of money laundering involving Bolsonaro. They allege Bolsonaro received the funds, most of them […]

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro under house arrest: SC cites restrictions breach; phones seized, visitors banned

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro (Image credits: AP) Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday was placed under house arrest by the country’s Supreme Court as he stands trial for allegedly attempting to orchestrate a coup following his 2022 election loss to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.The order, issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre […]

Brazilian judge threatens Bolsonaro over speech shared on social media

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro shows an electronic ankle monitor that the Supreme Court ordered him to wear. (Image: AP) BRASILIA: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with imprisonment, arguing that the sharing of a speech of his by online users was a “violation” of a social media ban, according […]

‘Supreme humiliation’: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor; ‘concrete possibility’ of him fleeing, says SC

Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, the Supreme Court of the country said. The development followed federal police raids on Bolsonaro’s residence and his party’s headquarters in Brasília, carried out under the order, reported AP. As part of the order, the former president is barred from […]