By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police are investigating why former president Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month right after his passport was seized in an investigation into an alleged military coup plot, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The […]
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Police seek charges over Bolsonaro’s fake Covid certificate
Brazil’s police have recommended that Jair Bolsonaro be charged for the alleged forging of his Covid vaccination certificate, adding to the former president’s panoply of legal woes. Bolsonaro has been under investigation since last year over an alleged plot to falsify his Covid vaccination records during a presidency in which he came under fire for […]
Brazil military chiefs told police of Bolsonaro’s plan to reverse 2022 election
Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them with a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him that they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released on Friday. The testimonies of Mr Bolsonaro’s former […]
Police in Brazil investigate Bolsonaro’s son for alleged spying on opponents
Brazilian police searched the homes and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councillor on Monday, two days after the Supreme Court granted the warrants. Police said in a statement that they conducted nine searches on Monday as part of a broader investigation into the […]