BRASILIA: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by the Supreme Court on Thursday (Sep 11) of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.The ruling by a panel of five justices on Brazil's Supreme Court made

Bolsonaro’s lawyers say the sentencing is absurdly excessive and that they will file the appropriate appeals.

After Jan. 6, the U.S. failed to prosecute Trump until it was too late. Following insurrection in Brazil, authorities took no chances.

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by the Supreme Court in a landmark decision Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the government, in a landmark verdict that has left the country deeply...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world's most prominent far-right populist leaders. The conviction…

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury. As some celebrated the verdict in the streets of Brazilian cities, supporters shed tears and pleaded for an intervention from US President Donald Trump.

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found Bolsonaro guilty on five counts related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.

Brazil's Supreme Court found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 elections, a conviction carrying a sentence of over 27 years. Bolsonaro has very narrow avenues of appeal to avoid prison. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Gavin Lee welcomes Anthony W. Pereira, Visiting Professor in the Brazil Institute at the School of Global Affairs at King’s College London and the Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Centre at Florida International University.

US President Donald Trump said hours later that he was “very unhappy” with the conviction

BRASILIA, Brazil >> Brazil’s Supreme Court today convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of overseeing a failed conspiracy to overturn the 2022 Brazilian election in a coup plot that included disbanding courts, empowering the military and assassinating the president-elect.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created. The presumptive ruling by a majority of a panel of five justices in Brazil's Supreme Court makes Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy. FRANCE 24's Time Vickery reports from Rio De Janeiro.

A majority of judges in Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday found former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. He was sentenced to more…

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority of three votes needed to convict firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison sentence a near certainty. FRANCE 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.