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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 […]

Brazilian coup trial: Bolsonaro admits to finding ‘alternative ways’ to remain in power – what former President said in court

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro (AP) Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has admitted at his trial in the Supreme Court that he allegedly took part in meetings to seek “ alternative ways” to remain in power after his defeat in the 2022 elections. But he has denied involvement in staging any coup. After two hours […]

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro transferred to Brasilia after hospitalization for abdominal pain

SAO PAULO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred Saturday by medical aircraft from northeastern Brazil to the capital Brasilia after being hospitalized with abdominal pain a day earlier. Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning while traveling in northeastern Brazil. The pain was caused by a bowel obstruction and was related to long-term effects of being […]

Bolsonaro trial: A political reset for Brazil?

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro BRASILIA: With far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro headed for trial on coup charges, Brazilians are starting to contemplate a future without the polarizing populist in the picture.The 70-year-old risks a prison sentence of 40 years and political banishment if found guilty of seeking to wrest power from Luiz Inacio Lula […]