Lula was then handed the presidential sash – a hugely symbolic act in Brazil that Bolsonaro had repeatedly said he would never do – by Aline Sousa, a Black garbage collector.

Legal woes hang over the ex-president, who has called for several demonstrations in support of himself in recent months.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted that he will run for reelection next year provided he remains healthy, ...

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 .

Bolsonaro vs. Lula: A referendum on Brazil’s young democracy. When was he president? In 1980, Lula and a group of workers, intellectuals and artists founded the Workers’ Party in response to ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew hundreds on June 29 to Sao Paulo’s main avenue in a rally to drum up support ...

The populist far-right leader and seven of his former associates are being tried for their part in an alleged plan to cling to power after Bolsonaro lost the 2022 presidential elections to leftist ...

Michelle Bolsonaro has never run for election, raising doubts about whether she could withstand attacks from Lula. And she’s offered little indication of her position on major economic issues.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat in a plot that ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, is acknowledging his guilt in a case in which he's accused of plotting a coup ...