"Two years ago, in January 2023, Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips walked into Brazil's congress building, its presidential palace, and its supreme court, and saw what looked like the scene of a natural disaster'. Shattered glass everywhere, furniture thrown all over the place, graffiti on the walls', he remembers the destruction left by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, convinced Brazil's far-right president had been cheated of election victory, who stormed Brazil's most iconic democratic institutions."
"It was, it turns out, just one part of an extensive plot to keep Bolsonaro in power including attempted coups, mass disinformation campaigns, and even a plan to assassinate Bolsonaro's rival, and current leftwing president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Soon after Lula came to power, a federal police investigation was launched into Bolsonaro and his allies. The climax of that investigation a trial in Brasilia that ended last week saw Brazil's former president sentenced to twenty seven years in prison."
January 2023 mobs of Jair Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil's congress, presidential palace and supreme court, leaving shattered glass, destroyed furniture and graffiti. The violence was part of a broader plan to keep Bolsonaro in power that included attempted coups, mass disinformation campaigns and a plotted assassination of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A federal police investigation began soon after Lula took office and culminated in a Brasilia trial. The trial concluded with a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for the former president. Significant political influence and potential future candidacy remain possibilities despite the conviction.
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