Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil strike disrupts transport ahead of Copa America

Oil workers are striking over pension reforms that will raise the minimum retirement age and workers' contributions.

Brazil to send gang leaders to federal prisons after massacre -minister

Brazilian officials said up to 29 inmates blamed for killing sprees in several prisons will be transferred to stricter federal facilities, after two days of unrest left 55 prisoners dead and authorities rushing to prevent the violence from spreading.

Brazil's indigenous tribes protest Bolsonaro assimilation plan

Indigenous tribes protest far-right President Jair Bolsonaro plan to assimilate indigenous people by using reservation lands.

Protest and celebration in Brazil on Lula prison anniversary

Brazil's former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is serving a 12-year sentence on a corruption and money laundering conviction. He and his Worker's Party maintain he is innocent,

Brazil opens Israel trade mission in Jerusalem

The announcement came during a visit by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to Tel Aviv. Earlier, it appeared that he would follow US President Trump's lead and decide to move the Brazilian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Brazil to privatise some of its national parks soon – minister

The recently-elected Bolsonaro government will embark on a process of privatising management of national parks amid criticism the government prefers economic development over conservation of environment.

Commemoration of Brazil's military coup causes anger, unease

Social groups organise protests and the federal prosecutors' office saying that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's call to commemorate the anniversary of Brazil's 1964 military coup "deserves social and political repudiation."

Brazil's ex-president Michel Temer freed after five days in jail

Temer was accused on Thursday of leading a sophisticated embezzlement and money laundering scheme. The Brazilian federal prosecutor's office said it would appeal the decision to free the former president.

Trump floats idea of Brazil becoming a NATO member

US President Donald Trump hints at the possibility of Brazil joining the military alliance between American and European countries as he hosted the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for security talks at the White House.

Brazil's Bolsonaro suffers suspected pneumonia: doctors

The 63-year-old remains in semi-intensive care in Sao Paulo following a procedure to remove his colostomy bag and reconnect the bowel.

Donald Trump's foreign policy and its 'magical thinking'

US President Donald Trump's foreign policy does not follow conventional American diplomacy and it could get more erratic as elections appear around the corner.

Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58

The Civil Defense office in Minais Gerais state raised the confirmed death toll to 58, with up to 300 people still missing following the avalanche of iron ore waste from a mine on Friday.