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Net tightens on Bolsonaro as police seize passport in coup probe

Brazilian police on Thursday confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and accused him of editing a draft decree to overturn election results, pressuring military chiefs to join a coup attempt and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice. The bombshell allegations are the result of a probe into Bolsonaro and his inner circle for allegedly

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Lula fires Brazil intel agency No. 2 in Bolsonaro spying probe

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sacked Brazil’s deputy intelligence director amid an investigation into alleged illegal espionage. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sacked Brazil’s deputy intelligence director amid an investigation into alleged illegal espionage also involving one of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro’s sons, according to an official bulletin published Tuesday. Number two

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Bolsonaro declines to answer police questions in jewel scandal

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro and his wife opted to remain silent Thursday as they faced questioning by federal police over allegations of trying to embezzle pricey jewelry and other official gifts from foreign countries. It was the fifth time the embattled far-right ex-army captain faced police interrogation since his term ended on December 31, and

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Bolsonaro Lost the Election. Now He’s Trying to Avoid Arrest.

It has been a bad 10 months for Jair Bolsonaro. He lost re-election as Brazil’s president. Thousands of his supporters stormed Brazil’s halls of power. And he was blocked from holding elected office for seven years. Now things could soon get worse: Across Brazil, both his critics and supporters speculate that the next twist might

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Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro has been banned from running for 8 years.

CNN — Brazil’s highest electoral court has banned former President Jair Bolsonaro from running for political office until 2030 after finding him guilty of abuse of one’s power and media abuse during last year’s election campaign. Five of the seven judges found the former president guilty, effectively ending any hope of a political comeback in

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