Alexandre de Moraes

Brazilian opposition ends Senate protest over Bolsonaro house arrest

August 7, 2025

Opposition lawmakers in Brazil have ended their occupation of the country's parliament in Brasilia after two days of protest over former president Jair Bolsonaro's house arrest.Opposition leader Rogério Marinho...

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro

August 4, 2025

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly leading a coup attempt after losing the...

Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

June 25, 2025

SAO PAULO (AP) — When Lt. Col. Mauro Cid arrived at Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to testify against his onetime ally, former Defense Minister Gen. Walter Braga Netto,...

Brazil’s Supreme Court starts second day of Bolsonaro coup attempt proceedings

March 26, 2025

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A panel of Brazil ’s Supreme Court reunited on Wednesday for a second day of proceedings to decide whether former Jair Bolsonaro and several...

Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says

November 26, 2024

Brazil came within a whisker of a far-right military coup and the assassination of a supreme court judge just days before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power...