The Latest Breaking News from Jair Bolsonaro

Disgraced former F1 champion Piquet sparked more controversy in his homeland this week, after cursing the new president of Brazil while protesting the result of the election

Brazilian prosecutors late on Thursday asked local police to open an investigation against Nelson Piquet after a video on social media showed the former Formula One world champion saying President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva belongs "in the cemetery".

Jair Bolsonaro has been defeated in the Brazilian election against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (“Lula”) to the rejoicing of scientists, environmentalists, and human rights activists in Brazil and beyond. What happens in South America’s largest country is globally significant since, among other reasons, the country contains most of the…

While people in 50 states hold their breath to see where midterm election winds take us, the world turns. In Israel, a dizzying fifth parliamentary election in four years looks likely to give scandal-scarred Benjamin Netanyahu another turn. And in Brazil, voters have chosen to return scandal-scarred Luiz Inácio Lula…

The far-right ex-soldier often boasted of his virility but in the end his macho posturing repelled a majority of voters

Fund was paralysed when far-right president Jair Bolsonaro wound up two committees in 2019

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met Thursday with advisors to incoming successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who described the visit as "positive," after fears the far-right incumbent would try to fight his election defeat.

Weeks out from the Victorian election, a photo of an armed officer talking to a mother and children has been used to attack the state's premier. But the photo is probably from Brazil.

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s team has arrived in Brazil’s capital to begin the process of transfering power amid dwindling protests by supporters of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro