“I’ve never seen such political turmoil.”
Application for six-month US visa comes as Jair Bolsonaro faces accusations he helped incite riot in Brazil’s capital.
Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus is the first member of Bolsonaro’s family to be probed in relation to the January 8 attack.
Indigenous communities in the Amazon have come under siege as business interests violently expand their operations.
Brazil’s President Lula has suggested the pro-Bolsonaro rioters acted with help from inside the government.
Brazilian authorities have launched a probe to discover who financed the far-right effort to overturn the 2022 election.
Prosecutors call for the 39 defendants to be imprisoned and that $7.7m of their assets be frozen to help cover damages.
Authorities are seeking to identify anyone who helped fund or organise the storming of government offices in Brasilia.
Probe will look at his ‘instigation and intellectual authorship of the anti-democratic acts’ that ‘resulted’ in riots.
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Brazilian authorities are seeking return of former justice minister Anderson Torres as part of probe into Brasilia riot.
The former Brazilian president has taken up residence in Florida, leading to an outcry from House Democrats.
Supreme Court justice orders authorities to prevent roadblocks, invasion of public buildings as more violence feared.
Brazilians are demanding justice after the storming of government offices by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters.
Bolsonaro’s hospitalisation in Florida follows an attack by his supporters against key government offices in Brazil.
