Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on allegations he faked his COVID-19 vaccination records to travel abroad, paving the way for possible criminal fraud charges against the conservative leader. Brazil’s federal police on Tuesday formally accused Mr. Bolsonaro, an outspoken skeptic of the global COVID vaccine rollout and harsh public health restrictions, of […]
SÃO PAULO—Crowds gathered in Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, at a rally called by the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro on Feb. 25. Official estimates haven’t been made public, but Bolsonaro supporters estimate around 1 million people were present. Mr. Bolsonaro, a conservative leader previously dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics,” said the event would […]
Brazilian federal police launched an investigation into the existence of an alleged criminal organization believed to have attempted a coup d’état during the 2022 elections. In a statement on Feb. 8, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security said federal agents carried out 33 search and seizure warrants and four preventive arrest orders in eight […]
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career faced a major setback on Friday as Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred him from public office until 2030 over his challenge to last year’s election results. In a ruling Friday, the 68-year old conservative firebrand was convicted by the court for abuse of power and misuse of […]
The Supreme Court issued two major rulings Friday morning, blocking President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, and determining that a Christian web designer can refuse to create a product for a same-sex wedding. France was rocked by another night of rioting and unrest. Violence has extended to even more cities, with looting and attacks on public buildings. Former […]
Two days after another major bank collapse, the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates once again. Senators from both parties will vote on overturning a Biden administration rule on importing solar panels that are made in China—often with forced labor. We hear from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who’s leading the effort. A business leader joins us […]
President Joe Biden welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the White House on Feb. 10, saying that “both of our democracies have been tested of late,” and in both countries “democracy prevailed.” Biden’s comments referred to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, and this year’s Jan. 8 event, when supporters of […]
Brazil’s Supreme Court decided on Friday to include former President Jair Bolsonaro in an investigation into the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by rioters in Brasilia. “Public figures who continue to cowardly conspire against democracy trying to establish a state of exception will be held accountable,” Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who agreed to the request from […]
Facebook owner Meta announced on Monday that it will start to remove and block content that “supports or praises” the Jan. 8. breach of government buildings in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Since the outcome of the country’s national election on Oct. 30, 2022, mass protests have been held by supporters of former President Jair […]
Police in Brazil surrounded and began clearing a camp of protesters who back former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on Monday, with local media reporting over a thousand arrests as the country’s Supreme Court ordered the immediate dismantling of pro-Bolsonaro camps after protesters stormed government buildings over the weekend. At least 1,200 people have […]
More than 400 people have been arrested in Brazil as of late Jan. 8 after protesters breached and attacked the nation’s Congress, the Supreme Court, and presidential palace in the capital of Brasilia, a week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Multiple videos from local broadcasters and groups related to Brazil’s former president, […]
Marcos Schotgues is the editor-in-chief of Epoch Times Brazil. He’s currently producing an investigative documentary series called “Brazil: A Last Stand in the Americas.” The first report, “Red Tide: Latin America’s New Left Turn,” highlights incoming Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s deep ties to far-left organizations. Along with Fidel Castro, Lula da Silva founded the […]
BRASILIA—The head of Brazil’s electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro’s allies to challenge the presidential election, which the incumbent lost by a small margin, according to a court document. Leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in the Oct. 30 runoff election. Lula’s […]
SAO PAULO—A local official from Brazil’s leftist opposition Workers’ Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard, according to state law enforcement. Marcelo Arruda, a municipal guard and PT official, was celebrating his birthday party in the southern Brazilian city of Foz de Iguacu, in the state of Parana, when Jorge […]
SAO PAULO—Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital on Wednesday morning in Sao Paulo, and addressed the press. He had been hospitalized for two days after an intestinal obstruction, which forced him to cut short his vacation. On Tuesday, the medical team accompanying him had ruled out the need for surgery. Bolsonaro, 66, […]
BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a Sao Paulo hospital on Wednesday to undergo tests for an obstructed intestine, with the president’s office saying he could receive emergency surgery in complications from a 2018 stabbing on the campaign trail. The Vila Nova Star hospital in Sao Paulo, where Bolsonaro, 66, was transferred, said late […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made six Cabinet changes on Monday in the biggest ministerial reshuffle since he took office. Three ministers left the government, including Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, a China hawk whose departure followed mounting criticism from lawmakers of his failure to guarantee additional COVID-19 vaccine supplies from Beijing and Washington. There had been […]
