Brazil crossed a line on Thursday that it had never dared before: its Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to overthrow democracy, sentencing him to more than 27 years in prison.

Brazil braced Friday for possible new U.S. sanctions linked to former President Jair Bolsonaro 's conviction on coup charges, after the administration of President Donald Trump warned it would respond “accordingly.

The former president has been found guilty of trying to mount coup to cling to power after he lost the election.

The trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to reverse his 2022 electoral loss is still days away from a final verdict, but a front-runner has emerged in the jockeying to take his place in next year's campaign.

The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of organized crime as part of his trial for allegedly attempting a coup to remain in of

The first of five Supreme Court justices who will decide the fate of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has found the ex-leader guilty of plotting a coup. But Bolsonaro will only be convicted if at least three out of the five justices find him guilty.