Five of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court justices will decide in the next three weeks whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others charged by the country’s prosecutor-general with attempting a coup will stand trial.
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Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election and keep his opponent from taking power, according to documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday evening.
Brazil’s prosecutor-general alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says predecessor Jair Bolsonaro is acknowledging his guilt in a case in which he's accused of plotting a coup to stay in power by focusing on a campaign f
- Minister of the Supreme Electoral Court Carmen Lucia reads out her vote during the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo
The evidence paints a sinister portrait of the military-fascist cabal that controlled the Brazilian state under the Bolsonaro government.
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Al Jazeera on MSNBrazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro slams coup accusations against himThe far-right leader has posted a rebuttal on social media, accusing Brazil’s government of being ‘authoritarian’.
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For years now, politics in Brazil have been the fun-house-mirror version of those in the United States. The dynamic was never plainer than it became last week, when Brazilian prosecutors formally charged the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro,
Brazil's federal electoral court barred Bolsonaro from public office until 2030 for abusing his political power in two different instances during his 2022 presidential ca
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, is acknowledging his guilt in a case in which he's accused of plotting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 electoral defeat by focusing on a campaign for an amnesty.