Ex-Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro convicted in coup case
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Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro, who is 70, was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.
Brazil cannot be browbeaten by the United States as easily as Trump's friendship with Bolsonaro might indicate.
Brazil is preparing for possible U.S. sanctions after former President Jair Bolsonaro's conviction on coup charges.
The Brazilian ex-president has been sentenced to 27 years for plotting a coup, but an amnesty could be on the cards.
(THE CONVERSATION) Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters to be held to account for their attempted power grab.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of being part of a criminal organization, a powerful blow to the far-right leader in his trial over an alleged coup plot.
Brazil’s Supreme Court convened Thursday for the penultimate day of Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on coup-plot charges, with the panel one vote short of the majority needed to convict the former president.