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Brazil: Court bans Bolsonaro from running in elections until 2030
June 30 |
Brazil’s top electoral court on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favor of banning former President Jair Bolsonaro from holding public office until 2030, over allegations that he abused his power in last year’s tense election.
Four judges on the court voted in favor of convicting Bolsonaro, who narrowly lost the October election to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of abuse of political power and misuse of the media, while one did not.
While the judges who voted earlier could still change their minds, Bolsonaro’s fate appears to be sealed.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain who narrowly lost the October election to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is accused of creating a nationwide movement to overturn the result, which culminated in the invasion of government buildings in Brasilia on January 8 by thousands of his supporters.
The chief judge in the case, Benedito Goncalves, voted earlier this week to make the former president ineligible for eight years, saying he had “used the meeting with ambassadors to sow doubts and incite conspiracy theories.”
Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing and has already said he plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
“I have not attacked the voting system, I only showed its possible flaws,” Bolsonaro said in an interview with radio station Itatiaia on Friday, ahead of the trial. “This trial makes no sense.”
An avowed admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro was criticized internationally for his lackluster management of the Amazon rainforest, his laissez-faire approach to COVID-19 restrictions and his evidence-free attacks on Brazil’s electoral system.
The TSE trial is part of a broader reckoning in Brazil with the fallout from the country’s most painful election in a generation. As the former president faces electoral court scrutiny, many of his former allies are being questioned by lawmakers in a congressional investigation into the Jan. 8 riots.
Bolsonaro is not at risk of jail time in the election case, although the 68-year-old separately faces multiple separate criminal investigations that could still put him behind bars.
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Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer amid coup conviction
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer while serving a historic sentence for attempting a coup d’état. His medical team confirmed that the lesions have been removed and that, for now, he does not require further procedures, though he will need regular monitoring.
On Wednesday, September 17, Bolsonaro’s doctors confirmed the diagnosis. The announcement comes shortly after the former leader was convicted of orchestrating an attempted coup.
According to his physician, Claudio Birolini, Bolsonaro has “squamous cell carcinoma, which is neither the most benign nor the most aggressive form — it is intermediate.” Birolini warned, however, that this type of skin cancer “can carry more serious consequences.”
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Milei praises Paraguay’s growth, calls Argentina’s last 20 years a ‘decline’
Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay’s economic growth over the past two decades during a speech before the Paraguayan Congress on Wednesday (Sept. 17, 2025), crediting it to incentives that favored capitalism. At the same time, he contrasted that progress with what he described as Argentina’s deepening “decline” during the same period.
“If we compare the last 20 years of Paraguay with those of the Argentine Republic, we will find almost diametrically opposite results,” Milei told lawmakers during a special session of Parliament on the second and final day of his official visit to Asunción.
“While you have not stopped growing, we have deepened our decline. If we understand incentives as the engine of capitalism, Paraguay focused on preserving and strengthening them, while Argentina dedicated itself to chaining, directing, and suffocating them,” the right-wing leader stated.
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Trump administration launches large-scale immigration operation in Chicago
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intensified a large-scale immigration operation in the Chicago area with the arrival of additional Border Patrol agents on Tuesday and the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem during a raid.
Noem posted a video on her X account showing the immigration operation, in which DHS reportedly removed “violent criminals” from the streets. The footage shows Noem observing the arrest of a man taken into custody at his home early Tuesday morning at an undisclosed location.
“I was in Chicago today to make it clear that we will not back down,” the secretary wrote. “Our work is just beginning,” she added.
The warning from Noem was echoed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino, who posted a video on X Tuesday showing multiple Border Patrol vehicles arriving in the city with the caption: “Chicago, we are here!”
Bovino, who led the immigration crackdown in Los Angeles implemented since last June, said the team will remain in Chicago to continue the mission they started in California.
Operation “Midway Blitz” is currently focused on the Chicago metropolitan area and its suburbs. Activists and residents have reported sightings of masked agents and unmarked vehicles in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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