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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized after suffering severe pain related to injuries he suffered in a 2018 stabbing attack

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘stable’ after post-surgery setback

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, recovering from intestinal surgery, was in a stable condition Friday after a health setback that followed a court official serving...

AFPApril 25, 2025

COP30 CEO Ana Toni has urged the EU to remain climate leaders as the 27-nation bloc haggles over its emission reduction targets

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Don’t make ‘disappointing’ retreat on climate, COP30 CEO urges EU

Europe is “absolutely vital” to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere, the CEO of...

AFPApril 25, 2025

The 70-year-old underwent laparotomy -- a procedure involving an incision through the abdominal wall -- to treat intestinal adhesions

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Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro surgery ends ‘with success’

Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro underwent a successful intestinal surgery in Brasilia on Sunday, his wife said, going through a marathon operation after being hospitalized...

AFPApril 13, 2025

Bolsonaro's multi-city tour was cut short by the medical upset

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Ailing Bolsonaro says he will ‘probably’ need surgery

Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he will “probably” need surgery, after being hospitalized a day earlier in the northeastern city of Natal...

AFPApril 12, 2025

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to hospital by helicopter after experiencing 'severe' abdominal pain

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with ‘unbearable’ abdominal pain

Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, seeking to make a political comeback even as he faces a criminal trial, was hospitalized Friday with severe...

AFPApril 11, 2025

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial on charges of masterminding an attempted coup d'etat

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with severe abdominal pain: party

Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed at an election rally in 2018, was rushed to hospital by helicopter on Friday with...

AFPApril 11, 2025

Rio garbage collector Samuel da Silva dos Santos wants to adopt a newborn baby girl he found in a box next to a dumpster on his garbage route

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Brazil binman finds newborn baby on garbage route

A garbage collector in Rio de Janeiro got the surprise of his life on Tuesday when he found a newborn baby, that he first...

AFPApril 1, 2025

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 26, 2025, shows Brazilian Senator and former President Fernando Collor de Mello (top L) delivering a speech during the debate on suspending and impeaching President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on May 11, 2016; Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (top R) gesturing during a meeting with his cabinet and governors to discuss changes in public security policies at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on October 31, 2024; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (bottom L) gesturing during a meeting with rectors of public universities and technical education at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on March 11, 2016; and Brazilian president Michel Temer delivering a speech during the "A Year of Achievements" meeting in celebration of the first year of his presidential term at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia on May 12, 2017. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gestures during a meeting with rectors of public universities and technical education at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on March 11, 2016. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff dug in Friday amid a swirling political crisis, insisting she would not resign and adamantly backing her embattled predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. With money-laundering charges against Lula adding to the pressure on her administration, Rousseff rejected calls to stand down, vehemently defended her mentor and said she would even be proud to have him in her cabinet -- a move that could used to protect the ex-president. Rousseff is facing an impeachment drive, a bruising recession, a massive scandal at state oil company Petrobras and a probe into alleged violations of electoral law in her reelection campaign last year. AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA Brazil's Supreme Court on March 26, 2025, has ruled that Jair Bolsonaro will be the first ex-president to stand trial for attempted coup d'état since the return to democracy, but several of his predecessors have been in trouble with the law, most of them for corruption. Since the end of the military dictatorship (1964-1985), four of the seven occupants of the Planalto presidential palace before the former far-right leader (2019-2022) have at some point been convicted, imprisoned, or impeached: Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010, in third term since 2023), Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016), and Michel Temer (2016-2018).

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Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present

Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been ordered to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup, is the latest leader of Latin America’s...

AFPMarch 26, 2025

Brazilian Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire told AFP he would ask President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to reconsider an oil mega-project at the mouth of the Amazon river

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Brazil chief Raoni says will challenge Lula on Amazon oil project: AFP interview

Brazilian environmental campaigner and tribal leader Raoni Metuktire is pitting himself against the government to stop plans for an oil mega-project at the mouth...

AFPMarch 24, 2025

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seeking to ramp up exports to Japan

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Brazil’s Lula to build trade ties on Japan state visit

Brazil's president visit Japan accompanied by a 100-strong business delegation as US tariffs push the countries to nurture trade ties elsewhere.

AFPMarch 24, 2025

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘stable’ after post-surgery setback

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Don’t make ‘disappointing’ retreat on climate, COP30 CEO urges EU

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Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro surgery ends ‘with success’

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Ailing Bolsonaro says he will ‘probably’ need surgery

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with ‘unbearable’ abdominal pain

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized with severe abdominal pain: party

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Brazil binman finds newborn baby on garbage route

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Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present

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Brazil chief Raoni says will challenge Lula on Amazon oil project: AFP interview

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Brazil’s Lula to build trade ties on Japan state visit