By Bernardo Caram and Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Ministry has urged the central bank to close ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup ...

Associated Press Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 4:53 p.m. | Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 4:53 p.m. BRASILIA, Brazil — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 ...

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 ...

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/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil will seek U.S. cooperation in fighting organized crime in its fuel sector, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday, after a police operation flagged ...

BRASILIA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to immediately leave prison for tests in a hospital in ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Some Brazilian historians now count 14 coup attempts in the republic’s 136 years. Some have been successful, including the one that installed a military dictatorship between ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted ...