Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Washington Post - Breaking News - Sept. 11, 3:12 p.m. EDT - Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty


The Washington Post

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Sept. 11, 3:12 p.m. EDT

 

Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty in 2022 coup and assassination plot to stay in power

Brazil’s supreme court ruled the right-wing former president attempted a military coup to reverse his 2022 election loss, a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the man who defeated him. President Donald Trump, a Bolsonaro ally and friend, imposed tariffs on Brazilian products and sanctions on individual justices in July to pressure them to drop the prosecution, which he called a witch hunt.


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