Brazilian police called Wednesday for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for attempting to interfere with the ex-leader's trial over plotting an attempted coup.

A Brazil Supreme Court justice ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot and a Trump ally.

Tensions between President Trump and Brazil’s leader could derail a promising alliance to unlock the world’s second largest reserve of the minerals.

Brazil's Supreme Court has announced that it will deliver a verdict and sentence in the coup trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro early next month.

Donald Trump threatened Brazilian imports with a 50% tariff for what he says is the “witch hunt” of rightist former President Jair Bolsonaro.

On August 4, Brazil’s Supreme Court justice issued a house arrest order for former president Jair Bolsonaro and prohibited him from using a mobile phone for allegedly violating pre-trial precautionary measures in a case concerning coercion against the Court and other crimes.

By Marcelo Teixeira and Luciana Magalhaes WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Brazilian Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, told Reuters on Thursday that he expects additional U.

Washington used a U.S. law to sanction Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is presiding over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged coup plot.