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Guarani Indigenous women protest calling for protection of the nation's democracy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, a day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising
By CARLA BRIDI - Associated Press
Mon,01/09/23-5:27PM , 315 Reads
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 29, 2022. Bolsonaro said he would only leave the Brazilian presidency when he was dead, jailed or ready for his second term. But Bolsonaro’s Oct. 30 loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set off two months of relative silence for the self-styled standard-bearer of the Brazilian conservative movement. (AP Photo/Bruna Brado, File)

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After presidency, unclear fate for Brazil's brash Bolsonaro
By CARLA BRIDI - Associated Press
Tue,12/27/22-11:36AM , 174 Reads
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jair Bolsonaro told supporters that the future could only bring him three possibilities: arrest, death or a second term as Brazil’s president.
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Economist Aloizio Mercadante, from left, Workers' Party President Gleisi Hoffmann and Brazil's Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin, arrive for a press conference after meeting with Ciro Nogueira, outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s team arrived in Brazil’s capital Thursday to begin the process of transferring power. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Lula's team meets Bolsonaro as Brazil's transition kicks off
By CARLA BRIDI - Associated Press
Thu,11/03/22-11:01AM , 126 Reads
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro met briefly on Thursday with the envoy coordinating the transfer of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, four days after Bolsonaro's tight election loss that sparked protests by his supporters amid his refusal to publicly concede.
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Brazil election: What to know about the high-stakes race
By CARLA BRIDI - Associated Press
Mon,10/24/22-7:43AM , 97 Reads
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is days from a presidential election featuring two political titans and bitter rivals that could usher in another four years of far-right politics or return a leftist to the nation’s top job.
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