Despite a long history of coups, no Brazilian general or politician has ever been tried in a courtroom for subverting the will of the people. Until this week.

In the 1970s, a Catholic priest began investigating forced labor on an Amazon ranch. Now a Brazilian judge has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million in damages.

Alexandre de Moraes says he’s preserving Brazilian democracy. The White House says he’s destroying it.

The decision underscored the limits of President Donald Trump’s power to bend the Brazilian judge to his will.

The decision underscored the limits of President Donald Trump’s power to bend the Brazilian judge to his will.

Brazilian officials have cordoned off a massive parcel of degraded land in the Amazon and leased it to a private carbon credit company to safeguard and restore.

The sanctions against Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes dramatically escalates a feud between the Trump administration and the Brazilian government.