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Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to over 27 years for leading a coup attempt after losing the 2022 election, marking a historic moment for accountability in Brazilian democracy.
- On Thursday, Brazil's Supreme Court in Brasília convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting to undermine democracy and imposed a 27-year-and-three-month sentence.
- Following his January 2023 exit, Bolsonaro's actions after losing the election a few years ago led to a court trial for attempting a coup, prosecutors say.
- Court filings list five counts against Jair Bolsonaro, and four of five Supreme Court justices voted to convict, leaving limited legal options such as appeals or house arrest.
- U.S. officials immediately reacted, with U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denouncing the verdict, Washington imposing 50% tariffs and visa cancellations, while Brazil's Foreign Ministry defended judicial independence.
- The decision breaks with decades of impunity by overturning Brazil's 1979 Amnesty Law and National Truth Commission findings, setting a precedent to deter anti-democratic plots in Brazilian democracy and society.
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The Hamilton Spectator
St Catharines StandardMeet ‘Big Alex,’ the Brazilian judge who led Bolsonaro’s trial and challenged Trump and Musk
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Some Brazilian historians now count 14 coup attempts in the republic’s 136 years. Some have been successful, including the one that installed a military dictatorship between 1964-1985.
Temple Daily Telegram
Meet 'Big Alex,' the Brazilian judge who led Bolsonaro's trial and challenged Trump and Musk
Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes has become a hero for many Brazilians and a zealot for others. Brazilian history books will call him the Supreme Court judge who led a five-member panel to sentence former President Jair Bolsonaro to…
The Trial of Jair Bolsonaro: The Future of Brazilian Democracy
In a historic milestone for Brazilian democracy, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants for participating in a coup plot that sought to subvert the results of the 2022 elections — when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated him — and remain in power. The trial, concluded on September 11, by the First Panel of the Court, established prison sentences and ineligibility for the eight individu…
'Get lost': After convicting its own despot, this country has no patience for Trump
Brazil writer Jack Nicas tells the New York Times that a despot-weary Brazil has had it with President Donald Trump chest-thumping for his despot Brazilian friend.In an article entitled “Brazil Keeps Telling Trump to Get Lost,” Nicas said Trump made his strong-arm tactics clear. “Drop the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup,” writes Nicas. “To show he was serious, he hit Brazil with punishing tariffs, launched a …
EDITORIAL. The sentencing of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to twenty-seven years and three months in prison is proof of maturity for a country subject to arbitrary and brutal military dictatorship until 1985.
Brazil faces fallout after Bolsonaro is sentenced to 27 years for plotting a coup
Conspirators, codenames and a coup attempt. Looking at the fallout in Brazil after its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was found guilty of plotting to overthrow the government.
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