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Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro will stand trial over an alleged coup plan. Here’s what happens next

A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup after the far-right leader lost the 2022 election

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What remains of ‘Operation Car Wash’, Brazil’s historic anti-corruption probe?

Ten years ago, in March 2014, prosecutors in the Brazilian city of Curitiba transformed a money laundering investigation into a historic anti-corruption probe known as Operação Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash). The probe uncovered evidence of corruption involving some of Brazil’s largest companies and most powerful politicians.

The Conversation

Brazil police bust gang plot to attack authorities, public servants

Brazil's federal police on Wednesday launched an operation to dismantle a criminal gang that plotted to carry out deadly attacks against police officials and public servants, the Minister of Justice Flavio Dino and other authorities said.

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How Brazil Can Prevent an Authoritarian Resurgence

A robust civil society can stop the far right.

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First to fall after Brasilia riots: the Bolsonarista running capital security

When Brazilian rioters stormed government buildings in Brasilia on Sunday, the man tasked with keeping the city safe was a continent away in Florida - the same state his ex-boss, former President Jair Bolsonaro, had relocated to after losing last year's election.

Reuters

Bolsonaro remains silent after election defeat to Lula as key allies accept result

Brazil’s far-right president has yet to concede after receiving 58.2m votes to Lula’s 60.3m

The Guardian - US

Lula, Bolsonaro face off in tense debate before Brazil runoff

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro exchanged insults and corruption allegations during a tense televised debate as they sought to sway voters ahead of a runoff election on Oct. 30.

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Fortunes reverse for ex-judge and Brazil president he jailed

When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most powerful office

The Independent UK

Brazil's electoral authorities search former judge Sergio Moro's home

Brazilian electoral authorities on Saturday morning carried out a search and seizure warrant at the home of Sergio Moro, a former judge who led one of Brazil's biggest corruption probes, a former justice minister and current Senate candidate.

Reuters

Da Silva confirmed as Brazil party's presidential candidate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been confirmed as the presidential candidate for the leftist Workers’ Party ahead of October’s election

The Independent UK

UN: Brazil's Lula was illegally barred from 2018 race

A U.N. human rights panel of experts has given a moral victory to former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

U.N. committee finds Brazil graft probe violated Lula's rights

The U.N. human rights committee said on Thursday that Brazil graft investigators violated due process in bringing a case against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that led to his imprisonment and barred him from running for office in 2018.

Reuters

Bolsonaro gains on Lula in Brazil race, helped by Moro exit -poll

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has cut leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead by one-third ahead of October's election, gaining ground as former judge Sergio Moro appears to be out of the race, a poll showed Thursday.

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Analysis-Bolsonaro's party grows as center-right rivals stumble into Brazil campaign season

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has seen the ranks of his new party swell in Congress while center-right rivals for the presidency deal with friendly fire, giving the incumbent a boost as he gears up for his re-election campaign.

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Brazilian ex-judge Moro not ruling out presidential bid

Brazilian graft-fighting ex-judge Sergio Moro is not ruling out a presidential bid, he said on Friday, one day after he said he was no longer a candidate for the Podemos party and had joined the right-wing Union Brazil.

The Independent UK

Judge who led Brazil's 'Car Wash' probe ends presidency bid

The federal judge who spearheaded Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption probe says he no longer intends to run for president this year

Reuters

Brazil's Moro likely to drop out of presidential race, congressman says

Brazilian former Justice Minister and federal judge Sergio Moro is likely to drop out of the country's presidential race as he leaves the Podemos party to join Uniao Brasil, a congressman said on Thursday.

Reuters

Brazil police say Bolsonaro committed no crime in interference probe

Federal police in Brazil looking into whether President Jair Bolsonaro interfered in police work have cleared him of committing any crime, according to a document sent to the country's Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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Anti-corruption candidate Moro seeks to unite Brazil's center for October vote

Brazil's anti-corruption presidential candidate Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that he is the most viable alternative to leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the October election.

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