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Court orders Bolsonaro's arrest after suspicion that he tried to remove electronic bracelet

The former president remains under house arrest with an electronic bracelet, but according to local media, the court has ordered his transfer to prison as a precautionary measure and to maintain public order after a vigil was announced outside, amid suspicions that he may have attempted to escape.

Euronews

Jair Bolsonaro arrested after tampering with ankle tag ‘out of curiosity’

Brazilian ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody over fears he was going to abscond

The Guardian - UK

Brazil’s former President arrested over escape plan days before starting 27-year prison sentence

Bolsonaro is an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called his trial a ‘witch hunt’

The Independent UK

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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro seeks house arrest for prison time citing health issues

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers have filed a petition with the Supreme Court requesting house arrest citing his poor health

The Independent UK

Jailhouse shock: Brazil coup monger Bolsonaro finally faces life behind bars

The former president’s far-right supporters have discovered a new interest in prison conditions as incarceration looms

The Guardian - US

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences military officials for planning to kill Lula

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced high-ranking military officials and a federal police officer to up to 24 years in prison for attempting a coup and plotting to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique European festival collaboration

Brazilian actor will star in A Trial – after An Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts

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Could Brazil's Bolsonaro Be Edging Closer to Prison After His Latest Supreme Court Setback?

Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro could be edging closer to serving 27 years in prison after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal made by his legal defense earlier this month. However, he could still avoid spending time behind bars. Here are the different scenarios.

Latin Times

Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back

Donald Trump is using US power to insert himself into other countries’ affairs, treating them as vassals

The Guardian - US

From Target To Triumph: Leonardo DiCaprio Backs Amazon Activist Once Falsely Accused By Bolsonaro

Leonardo DiCaprio backs a Brazilian activist once accused by Bolsonaro of burning the Amazon, turning a smear into a global environmental partnership.

International Business Times UK

Brazilian environmentalist gets funded by DiCaprio after false forest fire accusation by Bolsonaro

Being falsely accused of setting fire in the Amazon with funds from Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has become a blessing in disguise for Caetano Scannavino

The Independent UK

Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court votes to reject Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27-year sentence

Most justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal

The Independent UK

Trump’s former trade architect says the president can’t backtrack on tariffs because he’s ‘too committed’ now: ‘That would be a pretty horrific decision’

The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump overstepped by using emergency powers to impose tariffs on more than 100 countries.

Fortune

Trump’s breaking-the-china strategy isn’t working: Despite the global collateral damage, only modest progress has been made with China

Trump’s China visit revealed the weakness behind his tariff tactics, with major consequences for American businesses and consumers.

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‘Some serious activity on Truth Social tonight’: 5 Republicans go against dictator Trump to overturn 50% tariffs on Brazil, people call it a ‘good start’ for change

It appears that the Republican Party is experiencing some internal strife. Late on Tuesday, five GOP members voted in favour of a bill aimed at ending Trump’s tariff war on Brazil.

The Guardian - US

US Senate passes bill with Republican support to block Trump tariffs on Brazil

Republicans break ranks as vote passes 52-48 in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president’s trade policies

Euronews

Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro appeal his 27-year prison sentence

Bolsonaro was convicted of attempting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential race to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a plot that prosecutors alleged included plans to kill Lula.

The Independent UK

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro appeals his 27-year prison sentence

Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat

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The Guardian - UK

Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last?

The Argentine president’s libertarian experiment is in tatters, and his hold on power seems increasingly dependent on volatile US support, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Independent UK

What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime

The Guardian - UK

Argentina goes to polls amid economic crisis and Trump ‘interference’

Poor showing in Sunday’s election would deal hammer blow to country’s radical libertarian president, Javier Milei

The Guardian - US

Brazilian president will seek fourth term at age 80: ‘I’ve got as much energy as when I was 30’

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who first ran for elected office in 1982, announced he will run again in next year’s election

The Conversation

Why some populist supporters want a strong-arm leader and others just want change

The rise of populist leaders has drawn significant attention over the past two decades. Around the world, they have reshaped politics, from Donald Trump in the United States to Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Marine Le Pen in France, Giorgia Meloni in Italy, Santiago Abascal in Spain and Jair Bolsonaro in…

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politics

International Business Times

In Brazil, Michelle Bolsonaro Leaves It To God, And Jair

Brazil's right is scrambling for a candidate in next year's election after leader Jair Bolsonaro was convicted over a botched coup -- and one of the names that keeps cropping up is that of his wife, Michelle.

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