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Former First Lady of Brazil Michelle Bolsonaro kisses her husband and former President Jair Bolsonaro, as she says goodbye to board a flight to the United States to attend the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Brasilia International Airport, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Banned from traveling, Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees off his wife heading to Trump’s inauguration

By Elenore Hughes - Associated Press

FILE - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto attend a ceremony honoring military athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the military's Admiral Adalberto Nunes Physical Education Center in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro’s request to travel to Trump’s inauguration

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Souza Braga Netto attends a ceremony honoring military athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazilian police arrest Gen. Walter Braga Netto in alleged coup plot investigation

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FILE - Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Souza Braga Netto attends a ceremony honoring military athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Ex-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot

By Gabriela Sa Pessoa - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after being formally charged by the federal police with attempted coup, at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Dozens of recordings reveal high-ranking Brazilian officers pressured Bolsonaro to stage a coup

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after being formally charged by the federal police with attempted coup, at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Ex-President Bolsonaro planned, participated in 2022 Brazil coup plot, unsealed police report says

By Mauricio Savarese and Eleonore Hughes - Associated Press

FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to speak to the press in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 30, 2023, the day that judges ruled him ineligible to run for political office until 2030 after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system. (AP Photo/Thomas Santos, File)

Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next?

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, aides indicted in Brazil over alleged 2022 coup attempt

By Gabriela Sa Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A view of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Voters in Brazil’s largest city choose a mayor following tumultuous campaign

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Smoke from wildfires fills the air in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon

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Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who recently imposed a nationwide block on Elon Musk's social media platform X, in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

By Eléonore Hughes and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

This photo provided by Brazil's Federal Revenue Department shows jewelry, part of an investigation into gifts received by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro during his term, seized by customs authorities at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the week of March 24, 2023. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (Brazil's Federal Revenue Department via AP, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

By Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP file)

U.S. panel releases sealed Brazil court orders to Musk’s X, shedding light on account suspensions

By Julia Carneiro - Associated Press

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after attending an event at the Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Fla., Feb. 3, 2023. As Bolsonaro's term wound down in the final days of December 2022, Bolsonaro decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead traveled to Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

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Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters after the launch of a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A woman walks past a banner featuring the Brazilian national flag and an image of former President Jair Bolsonaro with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Ex, most beloved of Brazil", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid of any trial’ over accusations he plotted to remain president

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides are under investigation into allegations they attempted plotted a coup to remove his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil’s military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election result

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - Carlos Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is running for re-election, whispers in his father's ear during his arrival at the presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil's federal police carried out a search warrant Jan. 29, 2024 for Carlos Bolsonaro, a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an officer with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

By Diane Jeantet and David Biller - Associated Press