Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro take part in a motorcade demanding amnesty for those imprisoned for the attempted coup d'etat in January 2023. In pursuit of this he has become an arch critic of the supreme court which he accuses of “political persecution” against the far right. Alexandre de Moraes, a supreme court judge at the trial of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro last year. So far the Master affair has largely been linked to the supreme court and elements in congress. US president Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last year.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2026 14:32 UTC