Bolsonaristas

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press conference outside the Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Americas

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally

Mauricio Savarese | The Associated Press

Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro before the top court, said in his decision that the 70-year-old former president had violated precautionary measures imposed on him by spreading content through his three lawmaker sons.

Bolsonarista bash: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (center) with Brazilian expat supporters at the house outside Orlando where he has been staying this month.

Florida's Bolsonaristas say they're 'doing God's work.' But is their cause all that holy?

Tim Padgett

Florida's Brazilian expats enthusiastically support former President Jair Bolsonaro — and his election denialism. But after Jan. 8, they too are under scrutiny.

FILE - Brazil's Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, June 21, 1970. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo, File)

Commentary

Pelé's death helps us appreciate what Brazil's Bolsonaristas do — and don't — represent

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Having Pelé's dignified memory hanging in the air helps us understand what's at stake after the degrading attack in Brasília by Bolsonaristas.