BRASILIA, Jan ‌15 (Reuters) - ​Brazilian Supreme ‌Court Justice ​Alexandre de Moraes ‍ordered former President ​Jair ...

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

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

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro returned to prison on Wednesday after undergoing a series of hospital exams for a ...

A Brazilian court has sentenced former priest Bernardino Batista dos Santos to 24 years and nine months in prison for the rape of an underage person, a document obtained by The Associated Press on ...

The changes would have reduced sentences for those convicted over the 2023 attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, though Congress can override the veto.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday a bill passed by Congress cutting former President Jair ...

A Mongabay investigation that revealed Brazilian state-run institutions bulk-buying shark meat for public schools, hospitals and prisons won second place in the ARI/Banrisul Journalism Award, one of ...

A Michigan prisoner who was mistakenly released and later recaptured is now accused of killing another man in prison. Talleon Stephon Brazil is charged with one felony count of open murder for the ...

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro left a hospital Thursday to return to prison and resume serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup. In a ruling published earlier in the day judges denied ...