President of Brazil's Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, gestures during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Brazilian senate at the Federal Senate plenary in Brasilia on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazil's Congress on Wednesday re-elected the leaders of both chambers who were backed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a […]
The Senate president's office entrance is destroyed the day after Congress was stormed by supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 9, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA/ORLANDO, Florida – Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday as more than 1,500 of his […]
A demonstrator looks at mounted police forces while soldiers dismantle a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia, on January 9, 2023, a day after backers of the ex-president invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. (MAURO PIMENTEL / […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks in Planalto Palace after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 8, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA – Supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded and defaced the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on […]
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clash with police setting fire to several vehicles and allegedly trying to storm the headquarters of the Federal Police in Brasilia, Brazil on Dec 12, 2022. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA – Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in […]
Brazilian President and re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro arrives to vote at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct 30, 2022, during the presidential run-off election. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) BRASILIA/SAO PAULO – President Jair Bolsonaro will not publicly address his defeat in Brazil's presidential election until Tuesday, a minister said, amid doubts […]
Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct 30, 2022. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) BRASILIA – Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) won the second round of presidential elections on […]
Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on Aug 31, 2022. (DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP) SAO PAULO – Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since […]
Brazilian President who is running for reelection, Jair Bolsonaro, waves during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on Aug 16, 2022. (SILVIA IZQUIERDO / AP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would respect the result of an October election regardless of the result, as long as […]
This combination of pictures created on August 16, 2022 shows Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (left) speaking during the launching of his re-election campaign on August 16, 2022 and Brazilian presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party and former President (2003-2010), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, delivering a speech during the launching of his campaign for […]
Bolsonaro gestures during the promotion ceremony of General Officers of the Armed Forces, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on Aug 4, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday denied that he has any intention of carrying out a coup if he loses October's election, adding that he […]
In this Nov 25, 2019 file photo, highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. (LEO CORREA / AP) MANAUS, Brazil – Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an area five times the […]
Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Edson Fachin speaks during a hearing on Turkey's extradition request for Brazilian-Turkish businessman Ali Sipahi in Brasilia on Aug 6, 2019. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazil is at risk of facing a more serious incident than the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, said the head of […]