This week, Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to rule in the case of the far-right former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, who is on trial for plotting a coup against his elected successor, Luiz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil's top military court has closed a dictatorship-era case against nine Chinese citizens who were arrested and tortured in ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's armed forces on Sunday paid tribute to a 1964 coup leading to a two-decade dictatorship, after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro - who argues that military intervention ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding them guilty of ...

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

August 6, 2025: The top one percent of Brazilians have long had problems with personal security. The result has been a rapidly growing security industry to protect the wealthiest one percent.

What's more, many in Brazil's military, as well as Bolsonaro himself, have historically called for developing the Amazon. They tout the rainforest's potential as a driver of economic growth and argue ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after finding them ...