Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro,has been accused over an alleged coup plot to maintain power,after his defeat by President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro,generals indicted in coup d’etat,assassination plot

Brazilian police said charges were warranted against a total of 37 people,including military brass who served in the former president’s government.

  • Daniel Carvalho andFranco Dantas

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front,second from right) at the final G20 photocall.

Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference

“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”

  • David Crowe
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,left,and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive on Combu Island,Para state,Brazil,on Tuesday. The image was co-opted by memes poking fun at their “very close” relationship.

Macron embraces Lula,and the memes poking fun at their ‘wedding’

Running through the forest,looking into each other’s eyes on a boat,and hugging a lot,the French and Brazilian leaders looked to be on a honeymoon.

  • David Biller
French President Emmanuel Macron,left,embraces Chief Raoni Metuktire after presenting him with the French distinction,the Legion of Honor.

‘I promised to come to your forest’:Macron honours tribal chief,reveals $1.6b plan to protect the Amazon

The French and Brazilian governments have launched a four-year plan to protect the Amazon rainforest,in the process reviving their bilateral relationship.

  • Mauricio Savarese andSylvie Corbet
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro,who is under investigation over an alleged coup plot,delivers a speech to thousands of supporters.

Amid coup probe,Bolsonaro calls on supporters to show strength

Thousands turned out to see the former Brazilian president,who is under investigation for a coup attempt.

  • Leonardo Benassatto,Lais Morais andRicardo Brito
Let’s try to right the World in 2024.

What to expect around the world in 2024

Amid hope for less war and a better year,our correspondents take a look at the major issues they will be watching in their patch.

  • Eryk Bagshaw,Chris Barrett,Lucy Cormack,Rob Harris,Farrah Tomazin,Lia Timson andMatt Wade
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A police officer aims his weapon during a police operation against organised crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil militarises key ports and borders to ‘suffocate’ organised crime

The decision comes days after members of a criminal gang set fire to dozens of buses in Rio de Janeiro,apparently in retaliation for the police slaying their leader’s nephew.

  • Diane Jeantet
Protesters,supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro,storm the National Congress building in Brasilia on January 8,a week after his successor Luis Inacio Lula da Silva,took office.

‘Coup author’:Bolsonaro found to have plotted uprising that led to riots

The congressional investigation recommended the former Brazilian president face criminal charges over the insurrection attempt in Brasilia on January 8.

  • Daniel Carvalho
Russian President Vladimir Putin,right,and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow in 2019.

Confrontation hangs in the air at BRICS summit after China,Russia addresses

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s words to the opening of the three-day summit in South Africa were combative and had one particular other country in mind.

  • S'thembile Cele
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro,left,and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva end a press conference at Planalto palace in Brasilia,Brazil.

Maduro’s isolation ends with visit to Brazil despite $23m US reward for his arrest

The Venezuelan leader has been shunned by many countries since Donald Trump sanctioned Venezuela and promoted an alternative president.

  • Andrew Rosati andSimone Iglesias