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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to an intensive care unit in Brasília with bronchopneumonia. The 70-year-old, currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup, is receiving antibiotics and clinical support, hospital authorities said

Narendra Modi’s YouTube channel surpassed 30 million subscribers, making him the platform’s most-followed world leader. He far outpaces Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump, reinforcing his global digital dominance

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody by police in Brasilia under a Supreme Court order. The arrest, amid a coup-plot investigation, follows his house arrest since August and multiple ongoing inquiries into his actions.

Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was discharged after skin cancer treatment in Brasilia. He remains under house arrest amid legal cases, including a 27-year prison sentence and a court-ordered racism fine.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered house arrest for ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election and violating prior court-imposed restrictions during the trial.

Brazil's top electoral court on Thursday began hearing a case that could torpedo the political future of former President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country’s Congress

The protesters swarmed into Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace on Sunday

By silently cooperating in the destruction of more than 33,000 sqkm of Amazon rainforest during his reign, Jair Bolsonaro has left it almost near the ‘tipping point’

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has once again violated Facebook guidelines by making false claims about vaccines. Bolsonaro has linked Covid-19 vaccines to AIDS during a livestream and the internet went berserk. Attributing the claim to a UK government report found to be inaccurate, he said, “I’m just going to report it, I won’t comment. I’ve […]

Public health experts and economists have said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is presenting a false choice between preserving health and economic well-being.

The president has long resisted lockdown measures against the new coronavirus, arguing economic damage would be worse than the disease.

"Thank you for assisting us with the vaccines exports from India to Brazil. Dhanyavaad!," he added.

The Brazilian Association of Vaccine Clinics (ABCVAC) confirmed on its website it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian firm to purchase its Covaxin vaccine

The latest annual deforestation figure was the highest since 2008, when 12,911 square kilometers of forest were destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon. 

Bolsonaro faces criticism for his handling of the pandemic, which has included playing down the virus, opposing lockdown measures.

The most extreme case last quarter, according to Reporters Without Borders, was when he threatened a journalist who asked him about corruption allegations implicating the president's wife in August.