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The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Flávio’s surprise first-round election win highlights rapid rise of Brazil’s House of Bolsonaro

Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory

Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge

The Guardian - US · Oct 5

Landslide Ahead for Mello — But Santa Catarina's Senate Race in Brazil Is Too Close to Call

Santa Catarina votes October 4 with Jorginho Mello poised for a landslide — but the Senate race is a statistical dead heat. What's at stake.

Latin Times · Oct 4

'Banking on a national brand': Bolsonaro sons Carlos, Jair Renan run for power in Brazil's south

Flavio Bolsonaro is not the only member of his family campaigning in his father’s shadow. The former president's eldest son, who is now polling neck and neck with incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, can count on two of his brothers, who are standing in the senatorial and legislative…

France 24 · Sep 21

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup

Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses

The Guardian - US · Nov 25, 2025

Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office

Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021

The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2025

Brazil's Bolsonaro used intelligence agency to spy on judges, lawmakers and journalists, police say

Brazil’s federal police accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 others of involvement in a sprawling scheme that used the country’s intelligence agency to spy on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

New charges accuse Bolsonaro of running spy ring from Brazil’s presidential palace

Former president has denied wrongdoing as federal police accuse him of overseeing a spy network targeting rivals

The Guardian - US · Jun 17, 2025

Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account

‘In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,’ says one leading politician

The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2025