A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre…
Brazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate massive land rights victory
A lopsided majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples’ rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners. Indigenous leaders in bright feather headdresses and…
Brazil court votes to bar Bolsonaro from office until 2030
A majority on Brazil’s highest electoral court has voted to bar former President Jair Bolsonaro from public office until 2030 over his conduct during last year’s tightly contested elections. The seven-member Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted five-to-two on Friday to…
Lula welcomes back banned Venezuelan leader Maduro
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has visited Brazil for the first time since he was banned by former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in 2019. Mr Maduro was received by the new president, fellow leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ahead of…
Bolsonaro touches down in Brazil after self-imposed exile
Brazil’s ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has returned from his self-imposed exile in the United States. The far-right former leader landed in the capital, Brasilia, on a commercial flight from Florida, where he spent the past three months. It is the first…
Bolsonaro says planning return to Brazil to lead opposition
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is planning to return to Brazil in March to lead political opposition against incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, defended himself against accusations…
Brazil acts against Bolsonaro backers; new protest fizzles
Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday requested the investigation of three congressional allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly inciting the worst attack on the country’s democratic institutions in decades. The call for the probe came as the government of…
*Pastor raped my daughter for three years – Mother (Punch)*Pastor Ibiyeomie declares ‘no sex for 21 days’ for members (Tribune)
Pastor raped my daughter for three years – Mother (Punch) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Lagos State, on Monday, heard how a businesswoman’s 17-year-old daughter was allegedly defiled by a pastor, Chris Mcdouglas. The witness said Mcdouglas,…
Where is Bolsonaro? In hospital, his wife says
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted with abdominal pain to a hospital in Florida, his wife said. It comes a day after thousands of his supporters stormed government offices in the Brazilian capital. Mr Bolsonaro was taken to…
At least 46 people injured after protests in Brazil – Reports
At least 46 people were injured as a result of protests in Brazil, Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos reported, citing data from the capital’s hospital. Six of those 46 hospitalised in Brasilia are in serious condition and two required emergency medical…