Senator Flavio Bolsonaro (right) declared on social media that he will carry forward the political legacy that reshaped Brazilian politics. (AFP pic) BRASILIA: Flavio Bolsonaro said Friday his father, Brazil’s jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, has chosen him to lead the country’s powerful conserv»»»

BRASILIA - Brazil's lower house of Congress has voted to fast-track an amnesty bill backed by the right-wing opposition that could include relief for former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters sentenced to prison for their roles in 2023 riots after his electoral defeat. Bolsonaro, who is un»»»

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined tens of thousands of Uruguayans who said a final farewell to iconic former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica on Thursday. An estimated 100,000 people paid their respects to the famously humble ex-leader over two days of lying in state after his death on Tuesday »»»

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a former guerrilla who became a pioneering leader and icon of the Latin American left, remembered most for his humility, simple lifestyle and ideological»»»

Former Uruguayan president Jose “Pepe” Mujica has died at the age of 89. Mujica, a former guerrilla fighter who spent over a decade in prison for his revolutionary efforts, passed away after a battle with cancer on Tuesday. In January, he revealed that the illness had advanced and he would no longe»»»