Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has put the brakes on a bill that would have drastically shortened the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The justice ruled that the bill, which aimed to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence down to just over two years, cannot take effe
A media company linked to former President Donald Trump has taken a bold step by filing a lawsuit against a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. This move comes just hours after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Trump, faced indictment. The lawsuit, filed in a U. S. federal cour
Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, is in hot water. He's been formally accused of leading a plot to overthrow the government and stay in power after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The country's attorney-general alleges that Bolsonaro was the mastermind behind a crimin
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted along with 36 others for allegedly trying to stage a coup after losing the 2022 elections. The federal police handed over their findings to the Supreme Court, which will decide if there's enough evidence to charge Bolsonaro. He denies all c
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his close allies are in hot water. Federal police recently accused them of plotting a rightwing coup to topple the country's democracy. This isn't your average scandal—it involves serious crimes like attempted coup, criminal organization formation, and t
