Jair Bolsonaro

Rule Changes

Serving 27-year sentence under house arrest

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff on October 25 with 51.79% of valid votes to Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.21%, the Superior Electoral Court said. He is the first candidate to erase a first-round deficit since Brazil began holding runoffs in 1989.

Updated Oct 30

Rule Changes

Convicted of attempting a coup against Lula in 2022

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro on October 8, after his four-year, two-month sentence for lobbying the Trump administration to sanction Brazilian officials became final. He is in Texas with a green card, and the warrant is still outstanding.

Updated Oct 27

Rule Changes

Left office January 2023; barred from running for office until 2030

Brazil's Amazon deforestation fell to 3,335 square kilometers in the year through July 2026, the lowest since satellite records began in 1988 and 63% below the 9,001 square kilometers cleared in 2023. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the October 25 runoff against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, keeping the enforcement program that produced those numbers in place.

Updated Oct 26

Force in Play

Serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup

Brazil blocked two US envoys in July, then the US revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador in August. By October, the US and Australia had suspended diplomatic operations in Brazil ahead of the election, citing security threats.

Updated Oct 16

Rule Changes

As of June 2026: Serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup

Brazil sells the United States about $40 billion in goods a year. A new US trade action could add 25% to the price of most of it.

Updated Jun 2