Brazil, Bolsonaro and Coup d'état

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Brazilian Supreme Court panel sentences Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison for coup attempt
A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office des...

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What to know after Brazil’s Bolsonaro is convicted and sentenced for coup attempt
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of plotting coup, sentenced to over 27 years in prison
Brazil Just Succeeded Where America Failed
In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court voted 4 to 1 to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of conspiring against democracy and attempting a coup in the wake of his 2022 election defeat.

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Bolsonaro's political influence in Brazil could endure despite his conviction
Brazil's top court sentences Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plot
"This criminal case is almost a meeting between Brazil and its past, its present and its future," Justice Carmen Lucia said before her vote to convict Bolsonaro, referring to a history checkered with...

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From political outsider to a president like no other: Bolsonaro's rise and fall
Bolsonaro convicted, sentenced to 27 years in prison by Brazilian supreme court panel for attempting a coup

Meet 'Big Alex,' the Brazilian judge who led Bolsonaro's trial and challenged Trump and Musk

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.

Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab

(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.

Bolsonaro Coup Trial Resumes With Final Two Judges Set to Vote

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.
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