The Irish Times

Politician’s fighback after sex assault shows change under way in Brazil

São Paulo Letter: Incident was filmed by cameras covering the legislative assembly

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 20:15

Jair Bolsonaro under pressure as son’s former aide arrested

Brazilian president appears dejected as judicial siege tightens around administration

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 17:04

Suspicion surrounds police killing of Adriano Nóbrega

Bolsonaro’s son employed Nóbrega’s wife and mother while he was a state deputy

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 18:56

Brazil’s Bolsonaro family again linked to councillor’s murder

Latest evidence surfaces after inquiry into alleged graft scheme run by president’s son

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 16:52

Brazil’s president furious over report linking him to Marielle Franco murder

Claim man charged with the murder visited Bolsonaro’s gated community hours before the killing

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 20:45

Former police officers in Rio charged with politician’s murder

City council member Marielle Franco was shot four times in 2018

Tue Mar 12 2019 - 19:01

Jair Bolsonaro knife attack: stabbing throws Brazil’s election into confusion

Alleged assailant said he attacked poll-leading far-right candidate ‘by order of God’

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 18:36

Colleague of murdered Rio de Janeiro council woman named as lead suspect

Marielle Franco was shot four times in the head in crime that shocked Brazil

Sun May 13 2018 - 20:31

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign convoy hit by gunfire in attack

Former Brazilian president says violence reminds him of the emergence of Nazism

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 18:10

Violence and impunity in Brazil

The murder of a Rio politician shines a light on Brazil’s security crisis

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 00:02

Marielle Franco represented something hopeful in Brazilian politics. Is that why she was killed?

São Paulo Letter: The murder of a city councillor in the centre of Rio raises questions about politics and policing

Wed Mar 21 2018 - 01:00

Protests over slaying of Brazil politician a watershed moment

Murdered legislator Marielle Franco was a living riposte to an entitled political caste

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 22:03