Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro took the stand Tuesday, accused of plotting a coup to cling to power after losing the 2022 election. It’s the first time a former Brazilian leader is being tried for attempting to overthrow the government.
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The ‘Oscar’ of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria
This year’s $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil’s farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.
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Paraguay recalls ambassador to Brazil over espionage revelations
Brazil’s foreign ministry revealed that the administration of Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing predecessor of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had conducted espionage against Paraguay.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court says Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt
The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.
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Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship’s mass grave
Brazil’s government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country’s military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.
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A family endures a dictatorship in the Oscar-nominated ‘I’m Still Here’
A Brazilian family is rocked when the father disappears following a military coup. I’m Still Here tells the heroic true story of a wife and mother who steers her family through the rapids of tyranny.
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A study finds cash handouts are a boon in fighting the deadliest infectious disease
A program in Brazil that give a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
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Disappointed by this year’s climate talks, Indigenous advocates look to Brazil in 2025
Indigenous advocates called the final agreement in Azerbaijan “drastically insufficient.” Now they’re focusing on next year’s global climate summit in Brazil where Indigenous participation is expected to be historic.
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Brazil police report: Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot
The document describe the former president as one of the key leaders of the plot, and not a mere observer.
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Former Brazilian president indicted over alleged coup plot
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and several others have been charged with attempting to overthrow incoming government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022.
