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FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to speak to the press in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 30, 2023, the day that judges ruled him ineligible to run for political office until 2030 after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system. (AP Photo/Thomas Santos, File)

Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next?

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, aides indicted in Brazil over alleged 2022 coup attempt

By Gabriela Sa Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A view of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Voters in Brazil’s largest city choose a mayor following tumultuous campaign

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Smoke from wildfires fills the air in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon

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Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who recently imposed a nationwide block on Elon Musk's social media platform X, in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

Brazil’s X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for ‘free speech’

By Eléonore Hughes and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

This photo provided by Brazil's Federal Revenue Department shows jewelry, part of an investigation into gifts received by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro during his term, seized by customs authorities at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the week of March 24, 2023. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (Brazil's Federal Revenue Department via AP, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

By Mauricio Savarese and Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 2024. Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say

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Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP file)

U.S. panel releases sealed Brazil court orders to Musk’s X, shedding light on account suspensions

By Julia Carneiro - Associated Press

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after attending an event at the Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Fla., Feb. 3, 2023. As Bolsonaro's term wound down in the final days of December 2022, Bolsonaro decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead traveled to Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

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Former Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters after the launch of a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A woman walks past a banner featuring the Brazilian national flag and an image of former President Jair Bolsonaro with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Ex, most beloved of Brazil", in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid of any trial’ over accusations he plotted to remain president

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Bolsonaro and some of his former top aides are under investigation into allegations they attempted plotted a coup to remove his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil’s military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election result

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - Carlos Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is running for re-election, whispers in his father's ear during his arrival at the presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil's federal police carried out a search warrant Jan. 29, 2024 for Carlos Bolsonaro, a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an officer with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

By Diane Jeantet and David Biller - Associated Press

FILE - Flavio Bosonaro, center, and Carlos Bolsonaro, sons of Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, attend a ceremony officially confirming the presidential elections results which their dad won at the Supreme Electoral Court in Brasilia Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. Brazil's federal police carried out a search warrant Jan. 29, 2024 for Carlos Bolsonaro, a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, an officer with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

In Brazil, a son of Bolsonaro is targeted by investigation over alleged political spying

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

A protester, supporter of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, looks out from a shattered window of the Planalto Palace after he and many others stormed it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. Members of the three branches of power in Brazil say the country’s democracy and its guardrails have been restored after the trashing of the government buildings a year ago. But arrests have led supporters of the former president to say their freedom of speech is being violated and claim they are politically persecuted. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

A year after pro-Bolsonaro riots and dozens of arrests, Brazil is still recovering

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flashes a heart-hand sign at supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 1, 2023. Lula likes to boast he had a good first year returning to the job. The economy is improving, Congress passed a long-overdue tax reform package, rioters who wanted to oust him are now in jail and his predecessor and foe Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s economy improves during President Lula’s first year back, but a political divide remains

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Former President Jair Bolsonaro talks to reporters after arriving at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, June 30, 2023. Bolsonaro denied on Thursday, Sept. 21, a report claiming he had consulted top military leaders to stage a coup and stop his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office in January.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro denies proposing coup to military leaders

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Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro sit in front of a line of military police inside Planalto Palace after storming the official workplace of the president in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Brazil's federal police on Aug. 18, 2023 arrested seven senior military police officers accused of assisting right-wing rioters during the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Pro-Bolsonaro rioters on trial for storming Brazil’s top government offices

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Federal Police agents stand at Federal Police headquarters minutes before the arrival of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro who will testify in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Bolsonaro and seven others were summoned to answer questions about the sale of luxury goods reportedly worth millions, that the former leader received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office, according to a Brasilia federal police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro questioned on gifts of jewelry and watches from Saudi Arabia while in office

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press