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🎬 Title: The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros Story: This documentary chronicles the remarkable journey of Jair Bolsonaro, highlighting his ascent from near obscurity to becoming a dominant force in South American politics. Through revealing interviews with close associates like his eldest son Flávio, former ministers, and political rivals, the film navigates Bolsonaro’s ambitious yet…

São Paulo, Brazil — Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a bill that aims to reduce sentences for those convicted of crimes involving the January 8, 2023 attacks on the country’s government headquarters in Brasília.  The bill would also apply to jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup.  The Chamber of Deputies approved the bill…

SAO PAULO — Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday that his father decided he should represent their political group and run for president in 2026. Bolsonaro was arrested last month and began serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted of attempting a coup. The far right leader has already been barred from running for office…

Published on 22/11/2025 – 13:29 GMT+1 Brazil’s Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the pre-trial detention of former president Jair Bolsonaro, just days before he was due to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup. Bolsonaro was taken to the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília. The judge overseeing the case, Alexandre de Moraes, said the arrest “must be carried…

Argentine VP posts cryptic entry on social media after Bolsonaro’s sentencing Friday, September 12th 2025 – 10:31 UTC Villarruel never mentioned Bolsonaro by name, leaving her followers guessing what she meant exactly Following the conviction of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel posted a message on social media stating, “It is disturbing that…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup in order to cling onto power following his loss in the country’s 2022 elections. On Thursday, the populist ex-leader was found guilty by four out of five judges examining the case at Brazil’s Supreme Court, on all five counts he faced, making him the first Brazilian leader ever to be found guilty of an attempt to…

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL Lawyers for Jair Bolsonaro will present their defence arguments at his trial at the Supreme Court in Brasília on Wednesday. The former Brazilian President governed the country from January 2019 to December 2022, and is accused of leading an attempted coup after his defeat in the 2022 presidential election. On Tuesday, the judge presiding over the…

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL Brazil’s chief justice, Luís Roberto Barroso, did not receive an official notice when his American visa and those of his children were apparently revoked on July 18th. Like most of his colleagues on Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court, he learned the news from an online post by Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, who cited the court’s…