Brazil, Bolsonaro and Supreme Federal Court

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Bolsonaro tested Brazil’s democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in
Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles tightened again.

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Brazil top court votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody
Brazilian Supreme Court upholds Bolsonaro’s jailing after ankle monitor tampering
Bolsonaro Says Medications Made Him Tamper With Tracking Device, Triggering Detention
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had medicine-induced "paranoia" that led him to violate his electronic ankle monitor, a document seen by Reuters showed, one day after the f...

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Brazil's Bolsonaro says 'hallucinations' made him violate ankle monitoring and cause his arrest
Brazil's Ex-President Bolsonaro Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Escape and Avoid 27-Year Prison Term
‘Apocalypse In The Tropics’ Director Petra Costa On Bolsonaro Arrest, Investigation Into Christian Nationalist Pastor In Her Oscar-Contending Film
Apocalypse in the Tropics, directed by Petra Costa, shows how the rise of Christian nationalism in Brazil helped propel Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, to the presidency in 2019 after evangelicals le...

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro jailed in suspected escape plot
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Bolsonaro arrested over alleged escape plot to avoid 27-year prison term
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Brazil: STF panel upholds Bolsonaro's effective imprisonment

The First Panel of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously upheld on Monday former President Jair Bolsonaro's effective detention after tampering with the tracking device he had to wear as part of the house arrest he had been granted following his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan.

Bolsonaro held on fears ex-president would flee Brazil seeking asylum

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained in Brasilia because of a possible "attempted escape" to an embassy before he was to begin his prison sentence.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term

A judge claimed the far-right former president was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
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