Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

September 12, 2025 1:18 PM

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world's most prominent far-right populist leaders. The conviction ruling by a panel of five justices on Brazil's Supreme Court, who also agreed on the sentence, made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be conv...

Brazilian judge votes to acquit Bolsonaro of coup plot, breaking with peers

September 11, 2025 10:37 AM

Brazilian judge votes to acquit Bolsonaro of coup plot, breaking with peers

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux voted on Wednesday to acquit former President Jair Bolsonaro of an alleged coup attempt and annul his trial over jurisdiction, breaking with peers and raising the odds of an appeal of a verdict this week. The high court still seems likely to convict Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in power after he was voted out of office in 2022. Two judges on the five-judge panel already voted to convict, and the remaining two were appointed by leftist President...

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil as coup trial nears verdict

September 8, 2025 10:27 AM

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil as coup trial nears verdict

Thousands of supporters of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro staged protests across several cities on Sunday, days ahead of the conclusion of his trial for allegedly plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election. Demonstrators in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo waved Brazilian flags alongside some U.S. flags, in what appeared to be a nod to President Donald Trump, who has called the legal proceedings against Bolsonaro a "witch hunt." Trump also has imposed...