World Oct 20 Meta tells Brazil's electoral court it gives equal treatment to Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Meta said it had "completed the implementation of measures to comply with the directive from the electoral court."…
World Oct 05 Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority…
World Oct 04 Brazilians voted for next president as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro hope for first round victory Bolsonaro is the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump. Lula is running in his seventh presidential election and has strengthened Brazil's ties with Beijing.
World May 29 U.S. government labels Brazil's 2 biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizations The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it will designate Brazil's two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move the South American nation's government has said it will interpret as undue interference in its…
World Nov 25 Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for Brazilian coup attempt The far-right leader had been under house arrest since August and was taken to federal police headquarters Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.
World Nov 23 Bolsonaro says 'hallucinations' led him to violate ankle monitor, causing his arrest On his first full day in jail, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before at his house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change in…
World Nov 22 Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term in 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 attempt.
World Nov 07 World leaders gather for second day of COP30 meetings in Brazil, seeking climate change solutions Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday sought to mobilize funding to halt the ongoing destruction of tropical rainforests and advance the many unmet promises made at previous summits.
Science Nov 06 World's biggest polluters are no-shows at start of UN climate summit in Brazil Organizers are hoping this year's Conference of Parties — known as COP30 — will yield action to advance the many unmet promises laid out at previous such meetings. But the leaders of China, the United States and India will be…
World Sep 12 What to know after Brazil's Bolsonaro is convicted and sentenced for coup attempt He is the first former president found guilty of trying to overturn an election in the country with the largest economy in Latin America. Bolsonaro has always denied wrongdoing.