World Oct 29 Brazil elects far-right president, worrying rights groups Jair Bolsonaro's victory moved Brazil, the world's fourth-largest democracy, sharply to the right after four consecutive elections in which candidates from the left-leaning Workers' Party won.
World Oct 22 Son of Brazil’s election front-runner says top court could be closed, setting off alarm Three Brazilian justices on Monday criticized the son of presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro for saying that the country's top court could be closed if it tried to remove his father from the presidency. The son tweeted that his statements were…
World Oct 07 Far-right presidential candidate wins first round in Brazil Far-right, former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, who expresses nostalgia for Brazil’s military dictatorship, won the first round of its presidential election by a large margin Sunday, but fell just short of getting enough votes to avoid a second-round runoff against…
World Sep 04 Out of the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum fire, fragments of hope Firefighters found bone fragments from a collection in the still-smoldering National Museum, an official said Tuesday, raising hopes that a famed skull might somehow have survived a massive blaze that turned historic and scientific artifacts to ashes.
World Apr 08 Still popular, Brazil’s Lula starts serving jail sentence Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva woke up in jail Sunday, in a stunning fall from grace for a man who rose from nothing to lead Latin America's largest nation and later became engulfed in corruption allegations.
World Apr 05 Brazil’s top court rules against da Silva on prison RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's top court voted narrowly in the early hours Thursday to turn down an attempt by former President Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction, a decision that…