However, there is a more profound lesson we can learn from Brazil: Democracy depends on more than institutions.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A panel of Supreme Court justices is set to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to overthrow Brazil’s democracy and hang onto ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice has ordered the transfer of former President Jair Bolsonaro to a larger cell in the Papuda ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred on Thursday to Brasilia's Papuda Penitentiary Complex, providing ...

Washington wielded trade policy to try to save Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro from jail. Now he is in custody, and Brazil’s current president is enjoying a popularity boost. Brazil’s Supreme Court shaped ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed the bill approved by Congress that sought to reduce the sentences of far ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has briefly left a prison in Brasilia for medical examinations after hitting his head.

BRASILIA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a ...

Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to leave prison and be taken to ...

The commodities markets that drove a golden era in the Brazilian economy appear more fragile this time around. The leftist former president’s victory cements Latin America’s shift to the left and ...