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Trump announces 50 per cent tariffs on Brazil, calls Jair Bolsonaro's tria
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In the letter written to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (local time), Trump said he knew and worked with Bolsonaro and respected him greatly.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised with skin infection
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalised for the second time in Manaus (AM) on Sunday to treat a bout of erysipelas, a type of skin infection, Brazil's online newspaper Metropoles reported.
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At least nine killed in Rio de Janeiro raid, says Brazilian police
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At least nine people have been killed in a police raid in the city of Rio de Janeiro, as a result of law enforcement activity in the city’s poor favela neighbourhoods, Al Jazeera reported citing the Brazilian authorities.
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Brazil: Bolsonaro to appeal in Supreme Court against electoral court decis
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Calling the highest electoral court's decision a "stab in the back", former President Jair Bolsonaro vowed to appeal at the Supreme Court against the ruling which bars him from public office till 2030.
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Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro barred from running for office for
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The former president was found guilty by five out of seven judges, effectively ending any hope of a political comeback in the forthcoming 2026 election. Two of the judges voted against the decision, which prevents Bolsonaro from running for public office for eight years.
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Brazilian President Lula sacks army chief Arruda in aftermath of capital u
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The official website of the Brazilian armed forces said General Julio Cesar de Arruda had been removed as head of the army. He was replaced by General Tomas Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, who was head of the Southeast Military Command.
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President Lula fires 13 more from his security team after Brazil riots
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The decision follows the removal of 40 military officers on Tuesday from the Alvorada presidential residence, as Lula expressed his distrust in the military for failing to act against supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed government buildings on January 8.
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Brazil's President Lula sacks 40 guards for presidential residence riots,
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Last week, Lula told reporters that security force members were complicit in letting a mob of supporters of far-right former leader Bolsonaro storm the main buildings that form the seat of power in Brasilia.
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Former Brazil minister arrested in connection with Jan 8 riots
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Brazil's former minister for Justice, Anderson Torres, was arrested on Saturday after he returned from the United States (US), The NHK World reported.
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Brazil's top court orders probe of Bolsonaro role in January 8 riots
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As part of a larger campaign to hold accountable those guilty, a justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court approved an investigation on Friday to determine whether former president Jair Bolsonaro sparked the unrest in the nation's capital on January 8, The Washington Post reported.
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Brazil's President Lula criticizes police for protesters' breach of govern
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Protesters supporting the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro besieged government buildings on Sunday, calling for the military to intervene and oust the leftist hero Lula da Silva.
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Brazil: Bolsonaro denounces violence after supporters storm government bui
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The three main government buildings -- the Supreme Court, the presidential palace and the congressional building -- involved in today's breach have been cleared of protesters.
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