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Jair Bolsonaro: News

28 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil following presidential election defeat

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly arrived in the United States after losing the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

27 Oct 2026
• World

Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports after election defeat

Far-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro has been barred from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports, just hours after he was defeated in the presidential election against leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

27 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Trump alleges Brazil election 'rigged' after Lula's 4th-term win

United States President Donald Trump has alleged that Brazil's recent presidential election was "rigged."

26 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Modi congratulates Lula on winning Brazil's presidency for 4th time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his historic fourth term as President of Brazil.

26 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Lula wins 4th term as Brazil president, defeats Bolsonaro

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known popularly as Lula, has won a fourth presidential term in Brazil, defeating conservative candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.

25 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Brazil votes in presidential runoff pitting Lula against Bolsonaro

Brazilians are set to vote on Sunday in a closely contested presidential runoff.

06 Oct 2026
• Brazil

Brazil: Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro wins 1st round against Lula

In a tightly contested first round of Brazil's presidential election, right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has emerged victorious.

22 Nov 2025
• Brazil

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro taken into police custody

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into federal police custody on Saturday, ending months of house arrest, , quoting his lawyer.

15 Oct 2025
• Colombia

Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed 'Nobel War Prize': Journalist

Veteran Chinese journalist Alex Lo has sarcastically suggested renaming the Nobel Peace Prize to the "Nobel War Prize."

18 Sep 2025
• World

Brazil's convicted ex-president Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer, just days after he was found guilty of attempting to overturn the country's 2022 election.

12 Sep 2025
• Donald Trump

Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison by a panel of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

06 Aug 2025
• Brazil

'Will call Modi, Xi': Brazilian president refuses talks with Trump

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has refused to reach out to United States President Donald Trump over tariffs.

05 Aug 2025
• Donald Trump

Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-president Bolsonaro

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest.

10 Jul 2025
• Donald Trump

Brazil warns of retaliation after Trump imposes 50% tariff

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to respond to US President Donald Trump's newly announced 50% tariff rate on Brazilian exports.

23 Jun 2025
• Brazil

Hyper-realistic dolls in Brazil spark moral panic, 30 new laws

In Brazil, a controversy over hyper-realistic baby dolls, or "reborn" dolls, has taken center stage.

19 Feb 2025
• Brazil

Brazil's ex-President Jair Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged over an alleged coup plot to overturn the 2022 election results.

08 Apr 2024
• Elon Musk

Brazil's SC investigates Musk for refusing to block X accounts

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil has initiated an investigation into billionaire Elon Musk.

12 Jan 2023
• Brazil

Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters' 'mega protest' fizzles as authorities bolster security

To avoid another Sunday-like riot in Brazil, authorities bolstered security as social media flyers calling for a "mega-protest to retake power" in two dozen cities surfaced.

09 Jan 2023
• Brazil

Brazil: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court

In a reprise of the 2021 US Capitol riots, supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro broke into the country's Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court on Sunday.

31 Oct 2022
• Brazil

Brazil presidential election: Lula da Silva defeats Bolsonaro

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has returned to power in Brazil after 20 years by defeating far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in a tight runoff election.

03 Oct 2022
• Brazil

Brazil election: Lula da Silva to face Bolsonaro in run-off

The presidential election in Brazil will see a runoff competition between former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro on October 30.

02 Sep 2022
• Brazil

Gun jams as man tries to assassinate Argentina's vice president

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had a close shave with death when a man standing among her supporters outside her home tried to shoot her at point-blank range as she approached to greet them on Thursday evening.

19 Jul 2022
• Ireland

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021: Study

The Amazon Rainforest plays a primary role in regulating the world's carbon and oxygen cycles.

24 Jul 2021
• Brazil

Bharat Biotech ends its Brazil agreement. What went wrong?

Bharat Biotech on Friday announced the termination its agreement with two foreign firms for the supply of COVAXIN to Brazil.

19 Dec 2020
• Pfizer

Coronavirus vaccine could turn you into 'crocodile': Brazil's President

Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, who tested positive for coronavirus twice, has given a bizarre statement about vaccines. He suggested that the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech could turn people into "crocodiles," and that the company won't take any responsibility.

20 May 2020
• Brazil

Coronavirus: Brazil records biggest spike in COVID-19 cases, deaths

Brazil on Tuesday saw the biggest jump in deaths due to COVID-19. The nation's death toll rose by 1,179 to 17,971, according to its Health Ministry.

18 May 2020
• Brazil

Coronavirus: Hospitals in danger of collapse in Brazil's Sao Paulo

As the number of coronavirus infections rises in Brazil, the nation's largest city Sao Paulo could see a collapse of its health system.

08 Apr 2020
• Narendra Modi

On Hydroxychloroquine, Trump ditches threatening tone, says 'Modi was great'

Hours after he threatened India with retaliation if Hydroxychloroquine, a drug considered important in the battle against coronavirus, is not exported, United States President Donald Trump took a softer tone saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "great".

17 Mar 2020
• Brazil

Amid coronavirus crisis, hundreds flee from four Brazilian prisons

If dealing with the deadly coronavirus wasn't enough, authorities in Brazil have now a new problem at hand — they have to hunt hundreds of prisoners who escaped from four prison facilities on Monday.

25 Jan 2020
• India

Republic Day 2020: Things to know about 71st Republic Day

Every year, India celebrates Republic Day on January 26.

14 Nov 2019
• Narendra Modi

Brazilian President to be chief guest at Republic Day 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to be the chief guest for Republic Day celebrations next year, and the latter has graciously accepted the same.

25 Oct 2019
• Brazil

Indians no longer require visas to visit Brazil

Indian citizens will no longer require a visa to visit Brazil, said the President of the South American nation, Jair Bolsonaro, on Thursday.

28 Aug 2019
• Emmanuel Macron

Amazon Fires turn personal: Brazil demands apology before accepting aid

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to accept international aid to deal with the devastating fires that have ravaged the Amazon rainforest for weeks.

20 Mar 2019
• Donald Trump

Donald Trump warns of 'a lot tougher' sanctions on Venezuela

United States President Donald Trump yesterday warned that his country could impose "a lot tougher" sanctions on Venezuela as he urged the country's military to depose leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.

29 Oct 2018
• Supreme Court Of India

Jair Bolsonaro, known as 'Tropical Trump', is Brazil's new President

Jair Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman who has waxed nostalgic for Brazil's old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation yesterday.

22 Jun 2017
• Donald Trump

Brazil's own Donald Trump: Jair Bolsonaro

Donald Trump's win in the US has taught pollsters not to ignore fringe candidates who propound bigoted views on racism and homosexuality among other things.