A politician from Brazil and an ally to President Jair Bolsonaro attacked federal police while resisting arrest. The standoff lasted for hours, only for him to surrender.
In Brazil, fears that current President Jair Bolsonaro will pull a Donald Trump-style insurrection if ever he loses is real. This makes it complicated as the current frontrunner is the leftist candidate and former President Lula.
Before visiting the Westminister Hall to pay his respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro took a detour to the Brazilian Embassy in London in an attempt to woo voters for his re-election.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has received backlash for mixing military parades on the country's Independence Day with political rallies in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's presidential candidates, Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, are re-evaluating their security measures after the assassination attempt on Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
With tensions remaining high in Brazil ahead of a heated presidential election season, candidates seeking the highest office in the land finally squared off in the election's first presidential debates.
Brazil's Presidential Election's campaign period officially kicked off on Tuesday. However, there are still growing concerns that political violence and other threats to democracy are already brewing in the country.
Almost a million citizens in Brazil have signed a manifesto declaring that the Brazilian democracy currently faces "immense danger" with growing fears that the nation's President Jair Bolsonaro could refuse to accept defeat in the upcoming presidential election.
It all started as a joke, but towel sales in Rio de Janeiro may be reflecting the outcome of one of the most important elections happening in South America.
Brazil's Liberal Party held its party convention at a stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, and it approved the nomination of President Jair Bolsonaro there.