Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling about an alleged coup attempt and learned Wednesday he might face another case as police formally accused him and one of his son of obstruction of justice

President Donald Trump’s use of painful tariffs against Brazil has so far not sprung his political ally Jair Bolsonaro from house arrest as he awaits trial on charges of plotting a coup. But the levies appear to be having more success in opening doors for America’s Big Tech companies as they seek to influence the rules governing them.

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.

COMMENTARY The real reason President Trump is threatening tariffs in order to quash ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's coup-plot trial? The case is too big a reminder of his own alleged sedition.

The accused will become defendants in a criminal case if a majority of justices vote to accept the charges filed by the prosecutor-general last month.

COMMENTARY We thought former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was imitating President Trump's Jan. 6 thuggery — but it turns out he was allegedly, and quite chillingly, upstaging Trump the whole time.

Brazil's top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Three reasons help explain why the two politicians have faced such contrasting fates.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and several others have been charged with attempting to overthrow incoming government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022.

COMMENTARY The possible breach of Jair Bolsonaro's free speech rights should concern First Amendment-faithful Americans — and democratic citizens of the Americas.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro goes on trial, facing charges that he spread false information about Brazil's election system.

COMMENTARY Conservative Brazilians feared Lula's new presidency — but it turns out he's much like their man, Jair Bolsonaro, when it comes to not defending democracy.