Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil on 14 August 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Bolsonaro to remain under house arrest

Bolsonaro, 71, has been serving a 27-year prison sentence since November for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

People protest against a bill that proposes reducing the sentences for January 8, 2023, riot convictions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazilians rally against effort to soften punishment for Bolsonaro, allies

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil July 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the media outside the hospital where his father was taken after feeling sick, according to him, following his sentencing last week by a Supreme Court panel to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Bolsonaro taken to hospital after feeling sick: son

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil on 14 August 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What next for Brazil's Bolsonaro after 27-year sentence for coup plot?

Brazil's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes presides over a session during the final phase of the trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, on charges of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Two Brazil Supreme Court justices vote to convict Bolsonaro for coup attempt

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pray, as they attend a demonstration, on Brazilian Independence Day, amid the final phase of Bolsonaro's trial, in which he is accused of plotting a coup after his electoral defeat, at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil as coup trial nears verdict

Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro visits the Capital Moto Week in Brasilia, Brazil, July 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo

Explainer: Why is Brazil’s Bolsonaro on trial – and what comes next?

Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro visits the Capital Moto Week in Brasilia, Brazil, July 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo

Brazil's Bolsonaro drafted Argentina asylum request: police allege

Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro visits the Capital Moto Week in Brasilia, Brazil, July 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump

A drone view shows supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro taking part in a demonstration against the Supreme Court's measures in his trial, in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Brazil's Bolsonaro supporters protest against Supreme Court, President Lula

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil July 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's top court orders raids on Bolsonaro; Washington revokes judge's visa

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gather, on the day of a demonstration against Bolsonaro's judicial process and to demand the amnesty of all accused of taking part in the allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Supporters gather in Sao Paulo to back Bolsonaro as he faces trial