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JAIR BOLSONARO

Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro (center), along with his wife Fernanda Bolsonaro (left) and his running mate Alfredo Gaspar (right) during a press conference in Brasilia on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Bolsonaro seeks campaign reset with surprise running mate pick
The surprise choice of conservative lawmaker Alfredo Gaspar represents a shift for Bolsonaro, who had pledged to select a woman to bolster support from female voters.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the Workers' Party national convention in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2026
Brazil¡¯s Lula battles Trump and Milei over perceived election meddling
The twin disputes are unfolding against the backdrop of a fierce election battle between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the right-leaning Flavio Bolsonaro.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to reporters following his White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington in May.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2026
Brazil blocks visas of U.S. envoys over election interference
The government saw the visit as election interference, according to two Brazilian officials.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last month
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
U.S. tariff threats give Lula a new election attack on Bolsonaro
The move handed the Brazilian President a ready-made line of attack against his main challenger ahead of an election that polls suggest will be close.
Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro leaves the Federal Police headquarters where his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, is being held, in Brasilia, on Nov. 25, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2026
Family name fuels Bolsonaro scion¡¯s rise in Brazil election polls
Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil¡¯s former president, is seeing a surge in support in opinion polls ahead of the country¡¯s October elections.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Guanare, Venezuela, on July 17, 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Latin America¡¯s new birth of democracy
First in Peru and Ecuador, and now in Bolivia, people are waking up to their populist rulers¡¯ lies and misdeeds.
Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia on Nov. 25.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
Bolsonaro¡¯s son touts father¡¯s backing for 2026 Brazil presidential run
The senator wrote on social media that his father had chosen him for ¡°the mission of carrying on our project for the nation.¡±
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at his party¡¯s headquarters in Bras¨ªlia on Jan. 14
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Ex-President Bolsonaro starts serving 27-year sentence for Brazil coup plot
The Supreme Court formally concluded the case against Bolsonaro on Tuesday, making his conviction final.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in 2024. Bolsonaro, sentenced last September but not yet serving his term, was taken into police custody on Nov. 22.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2025
Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention
A Brazil judge ordered Bolsonaro¡¯s detention on Saturday, after more than 100 days of house arrest, citing potential flight risk.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters in Brasilia in July.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Brazil¡¯s Bolsonaro detained for trying to break ankle bracelet and flee
In a video made public by the court, Bolsonaro admitted that he had used a soldering iron on the monitoring bracelet out of ¡®curiosity.¡¯
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2025
Lawyers for Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro request shorter sentence in coup plot
Last month, four of the five judges on a Supreme Court panel voted to convict Bolsonaro of five crimes.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the White House in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2025
Trump seems to turn page on Bolsonaro in ¡®very good¡¯ Lula call
In a 30-minute conversation, the two leaders discussed lifting trade levies and U.S. sanctions on Brazilian officials, without mentioning former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Demonstrators protest against a constitutional amendment requiring criminal charges against lawmakers to first get congressional authorization, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Brazilians protest efforts to shield Bolsonaro and lawmakers from courts
The protest follows the ex-president¡¯s conviction this month for a coup plot following his 2022 election defeat.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to spend more than a fraction of his 27-year sentence behind bars, legal experts say.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2025
Brazil¡¯s Bolsonaro is going to prison, but he might not stay long
The former president was sentenced to 27 years behind bars after the Brazilian Supreme Court found him guilty of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election he lost.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest in Bras¨ªlia, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Brazil's Supreme Court has convicted Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Brazil¡¯s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction
The conviction made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country¡¯s history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks during a press conference about the Federal Supreme Court trial that could convict his father of attempted coup at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2025
Two Brazil Supreme Court justices vote to convict Bolsonaro for coup attempt
The five-judge panel is one vote away from a majority convicting Bolsonaro of orchestrating an attempted coup to remain in power after his 2022 electoral defeat.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is seen inside his house in Brasilia while a trial against him and seven main co-defendants is held at the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Brazil court shrugs off U.S. ¡®threats¡¯ as it mulls Bolsonaro fate
Jair Bolsonaro risks a prison sentence of 43 years if convicted of conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro discusses his efforts to put U.S. pressure on Brazil to halt the trial of his father, right-wing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Washington, on Aug. 14.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2025
Bolsonaro¡¯s family dynasty creaks under pressure of Brazil coup trial
The tariff fight has also given Lula a shot in the arm, allowing the leftist to seize a nationalistic mantle and paint himself as a defender of Brazil.
The U.S. State Department's 2024 Human Rights Report was delayed for months as appointees of President Donald Trump altered an earlier draft dramatically to bring it in line with "America First" values, according to government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
U.S. State Department softens criticism of some countries in human rights report
The 2024 Human Rights Report¡¯s section on Israel was much shorter than last year¡¯s edition and made no mention of the severe humanitarian crisis or death toll in the Gaza Strip.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, departs from the National Congress in Brasilia.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Bolsonaro ordered into house arrest for defying Brazil court
The move came a day after Bolsonaro supporters staged rallies across the country against Brazil¡¯s top court.
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The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
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Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
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The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
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People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
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As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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