
Brazil's Bolsonaro charged for alleged plot for coup, poison try on successor
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged for an alleged plot to stage a coup and try to poison his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva .
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged for an alleged plot to stage a coup and try to poison his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva .
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed.
A panel of judges concluded that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system.
President Joe Biden is welcoming Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the White House.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from a Florida hospital after being treated for abdominal pain and now pressure is growing for the Biden administration to expel him back to Brazil after his supporters attacked the country's capital this weekend. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the aftermath of that attack.
Thousands of people in Brazil held pro-democracy rallies on Monday. Many are calling for retribution after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government institutions on Sunday. CBS News anchors Lana Zak and Errol Barnett spoke with BBC correspondent Nomia Iqbal about the next steps in this investigation.
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The fallout continues after thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke into several major government buildings, echoing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol two years ago. Christina Ruffini reports.
Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace on Sunday in opposition to the country's newly-elected president. Nomia Iqbal from our partners at the BBC reports on the attacks from Brasilia. Then, Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined John Dickerson on "Prime Time" to discuss the riots.
Officials in Brazil are vowing to punish thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the country's far-right former president, after they stormed and vandalized government buildings on Sunday, hoping to have him returned to power. Bolsonaro fled to the U.S. days before his term ended.
CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins us to discuss how Sunday's riots in Brazil compare to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Congress. He also reflects on the divisions plaguing the new Congress, and the latest reporting on embattled GOP Congressman George Santos.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the nation's Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, claiming the recent election was stolen from him. Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor at the Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, explains why the riots were "predictable" on CBS News.
Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro had suggested, without evidence, election fraud, and his son has met with Donald Trump and his associates.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed the country's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace on Sunday.
Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, broke windows and invaded all three buildings.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be the next president of Brazil. He defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election Sunday night, but Bolsonaro has yet to concede. Eric Farnsworth, vice president for the Council of the Americas, joined CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Jericka Duncan to discuss.
The Supreme Court is set to once again consider the role of affirmative action in college admissions. Decades-old policy allows special preference for women and people of color, but challengers say the policy discriminates against Asian-Americans. Brazil has elected a new president. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former president, barely defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. And the Powerball jackpot in Monday night’s drawing will be at least an estimated -- $1 billion.
Dubbed the "Tropical Trump," Bolsonaro spent months alleging - without evidence - voting system fraud and courts and media biased against him.
Brazil's highly contested presidential election is heading to a runoff. The country's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro received a last-minute surge of support Sunday, dashing hopes of a quick resolution to the election. Bruna Santos, a senior adviser for the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, joins CBS News to discuss the upcoming runoffs.
The second round of Brazil's presidential election campaign is in full swing after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro blocked ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from outright victory in the first round of voting. Bandeirantes International editor Beatriz Corrêa joins "CBS News Mornings" with more.
Brazil will hold presidential elections Sunday, pitting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. CBS News' Nikki Battiste and Elaine Quijano speak with Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas, about why the election is significant in the region and around the world.
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Jose Hermosillo, a U.S. citizen who was detained by DHS for 10 days and prosecuted for illegal entry into the U.S. has intellectual disabilities, his family claims.
Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday. Vance said he knew the pontiff was "very ill," but he "didn't realize how sick he was."
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