Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro said on Friday that his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has backed him for a presidential run next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/bolsonaro-son-presidential-run/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #flaviobolsonaro #brazil #jairbolsonaro
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/bolsonaro-prison-brazil-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #donaldtrump #luizinacioluladasilva #supremecourt
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Really painful and humiliating day for the United States, but a great day for Brazil
#bolsonaro #JairBolsonaro #Brazil #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Trump #Law
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/bolsonaro-prison-brazil-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #donaldtrump #luizinacioluladasilva #supremecourt
Really painful and humiliating day for the United States, but a great day for Brazil
#bolsonaro #JairBolsonaro #Brazil #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Trump #Law
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday said that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor, triggering detention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/world/crime-legal/bolsonaro-medications-tracking-device/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #jairbolsonaro
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt — was taken into custody Saturday after the Supreme Court deemed him a high flight risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/23/world/politics/brazil-bolsonaro-detained-flee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jairbolsonaro #brazil
Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal to reduce his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/politics/brazil-bolsonaro-sentence-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump appear to have reset relations following a months-long spat over Trump ally and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's legal troubles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/trump-bolsonaro-lula-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #jairbolsonaro #us #donaldtrump #southamerica
Brazilians took to the streets of major cities on Sunday to protest legislative efforts to shield former President Jair Bolsonaro and federal lawmakers from the courts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/world/politics/brazil-protest-bolsonaro-courts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #luizinacioluladasilva #amnesty
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months' imprisonment after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/crime-legal/brazil-bolsonaro-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #jairbolsonaro #luizinacioluladasilva #donaldtrump
Two Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election — the first votes cast in the final phase of the ex-president's trial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/world/crime-legal/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #jairbolsonaro #luizinacioluladasilva
Brazil's Supreme Court has vowed to not give in to pressure from Washington in deciding the fate of former President Jair Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump who is on trial for allegedly plotting a coup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/world/politics/brazil-court-us-bolsonaro/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jairbolsonaro #brazil #us #donaldtrump
Whatever Bolsonaro ultimately decides, the U.S. pressure campaign has clearly altered the future of Bolsonaro clan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/bolsonaro-family-dynasty-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of countries such as El Salvador and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/world/politics/us-state-department-trump-human-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans #elsalvador #nayibbukele #lgbtq #israel #jairbolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro was ordered into house arrest by a justice of Brazil’s top court who said the former president disobeyed a ban from using social media while standing trial for an alleged coup attempt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/politics/bolsonaro-house-arrest-brazil-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #southamerica
Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against the trial of his right-wing ally over a coup plot. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/politics/bolsonaro-rally-trump-brazil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #us #donaldtrump
As U.S. President Donald Trump wields tariffs as a political weapon to help Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, the specter of a far-right international alliance is closer to becoming a reality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/28/world/trump-far-right-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #brazil #us #jairbolsonaro #democracy
Following U.S. President Donald Trumps' tariff threat on July 9, a group of justices in Brazil immediately discussed a response aimed more at asserting national sovereignty than easing tensions with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/world/politics/brazil-court-trump-bolsonaro/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #jairbolsonaro #brazil #us
Brazil's right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro made clear that the humiliation of court-ordered restraints would not curb his role in global politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/world/politics/brazil-bolsonaro-lula-china-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #us #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump #china #luizinacioluladasilva