Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas pushed to expand and industrialize his country’s economy—until the outbreak of World War II upended his plans. In response to repeated Axis attacks on Brazilian ...

This was helped by Brazil’s election system, which produces results rapidly, leaving far less time for anyone to prime the conspiracy-theory machine. Additionally, many of Bolsonaro’s allies ...

Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet named Bolsonaro and 33 other people in a 272-page indictment that alleged the former president and his allies had drawn up a plan called “Green and ...

Last Tuesday’s charges against Brazil’s fascist ex-president Jair Bolsonaro for the attempted coup of January 8, 2023, have prompted his allies to redouble efforts to rally support from Donald ...

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Jair Bolsonaro was charged with leading a plot to overthrow the government and undermine the country’s 40-year-old democracy after his 2022 election loss, complicating his narrow chances of a ...