Brazilian police have formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of fraud relating to his COVID vaccination records, paving the way for possible criminal charges in the Supreme Court.
His health records say he received the vaccine in Sao Paulo (...)
Former President Jair Bolsonaro presented top Brazilian military leaders with a plan to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election, newly released court documents have alleged.
The country's Supreme Court released the testimonies from former army (...)
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he has been a victim of political persecution since leaving office just over a year ago.
He told tens of thousands of supporters in São Paulo that coup allegations against him were a "lie".
He (...)
One of our planet's most vital defenses against global warming is itself being ravaged by climate change.
It was the main driver of the Amazon rainforest's worst drought in at least half a century, according to a new study.
Often described as the (...)
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past (...)
A plane carrying tourists has crashed in Barcelos, Brazil, leaving 14 people dead, according to CNN Brasil.
The city's mayor confirmed the accident to CNN Brasil on Saturday.
The plane was carrying 12 tourists, plus a pilot and co-pilot, CNN Brasil (...)
Torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone have left at least 27 people dead in southern Brazil, with more flooding expected.
The governor of Rio Grande do Sul said it was the state's worst-ever weather disaster.
Thousands have been forced from (...)
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell by 33.6% in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's term compared with the same period in 2022, the government says.
It suggests the rainforest shrank by 2,649 sq km this January-June, down (...)
Saudi Ambassador Faisal bin Ibrahim Ghulam presented on Friday his credentials to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the presidential palace in Brasilia.
During the audience, Ambassador Ghulam conveyed to the president the greetings (...)
At least four children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil, local officials say.
Another four children were injured by the 25-year-old man who entered the creche at around 09:00 (...)
Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has returned from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
The far-right former leader landed in the capital, Brasilia, on a commercial flight from Florida, where he spent the past three months.
It is the (...)
Federal police in Brazil have arrested nine suspected members of a criminal group after raids across the country to foil an alleged murder and kidnapping plot.
Several politicians and public figures were among the targets of the plans, police (...)
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Brasilia expressed the Kingdom's condolences to the Federative Republic of Brazil, and to the families of the victims who were killed due to the torrential rains, floods and landslides that hit the (...)
Brazil has airlifted 16 starving Yanomami tribal people to receive urgent treatment, after the government declared a medical emergency.
The indigenous people live in a reserve in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da (...)
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sacked the country's army chief, two weeks after rioting in the capital.
Gen, Julio Cesar de Arruda had only been in the role since Dec. 30 — just before former president Jair Bolsonaro's mandate (...)
Brazil's attorney general has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in the storming of the Senate building on Jan. 8.
The riot saw thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro attack government buildings (...)
Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to include right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into the storming of government buildings in Brasília.
It is the first time that Bolsonaro has been named among those potentially (...)
Brazil's judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings in Brasília.
One official, the former commander of the military police, has been arrested, local media reported.
The (...)
Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters.
In the country's largest city of São Paulo, crowds chanted that Bolsonaro must go to (...)
Brasília's former public security chief has been accused of "sabotaging" local police forces and failing to stop Sunday's riots in Brazil's capital.
Anderson Torres was dismissed from his role after supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed (...)
Riots in Brazil that culminated with pro-Bolsonaro protesters storming Congress on Sunday are now over, according to an official appointed by the president to manage the unrest.
In a tweet Monday, Federal District intervenor Ricardo Cappelli said (...)
Supporters of Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro have stormed Congress and police have used tear gas in an attempt to repel them.
The dramatic scenes came a week after left-wing veteran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (...)
As leftist icon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvia — known simply as Lula — was sworn in as Brazil's president on Sunday, in an unexpected return to power after 20 years since he last held the country's top job, former President Jair Bolsonaro was (...)
BRASILIA — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Brazil, to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Brazil's President Lula da Silva.
The Saudi minister is attending the ceremony on behalf of the Custodian of the (...)
Crowds of people are gathering in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president.
The veteran left-wing politician, known widely as Lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010 — and defeated (...)