Brazil's Bolsonaro jailed 27 years over attempted coup
After Jan. 6, the U.S. failed to prosecute Trump until it was too late. Following insurrection in Brazil, authorities took no chances.
12 Sep 11:33 · Boing Boing
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction
Bolsonaro’s lawyers say the sentencing is absurdly excessive and that they will file the appropriate appeals.
12 Sep 17:00 · Dawn
Former Brazil president Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years for coup plot
A majority of judges in Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday found former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. He was sentenced to more…
11 Sep 19:12 · France 24
Majority on Brazil's Supreme Court votes to convict Bolsonaro in coup trial
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority of three votes needed to convict firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison sentence a near certainty. FRANCE 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.
11 Sep 20:16 · France 24
As some celebrate, others fume after Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury. As some celebrated the verdict in the streets of Brazilian cities, supporters shed tears and pleaded for an intervention from US President Donald Trump.
12 Sep 13:10 · France 24
Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created. The presumptive ruling by a majority of a panel of five justices in Brazil's Supreme Court makes Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy. FRANCE 24's Time Vickery reports from Rio De Janeiro.
11 Sep 19:09 · France 24
Brazil: Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for coup attempt
A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found Bolsonaro guilty on five counts related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.
12 Sep 13:18 · Africanews
Brazil's great divide: Half the population doesn't trust the Supreme Court
Brazil's Supreme Court found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 elections, a conviction carrying a sentence of over 27 years. Bolsonaro has very narrow avenues of appeal to avoid prison. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Gavin Lee welcomes Anthony W. Pereira, Visiting Professor in the Brazil Institute at the School of Global Affairs at King’s College London and the Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Centre at Florida International University.
12 Sep 18:28 · France 24
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