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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Brazil's president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over would-be autocrats'

Brazil's president hailed the conviction of Jair Bolsonaro as proof that democracies can repel autocratic threats while warning global anti-democratic forces persist.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

The Bolsonaro verdict shows Brazilian democracy is resilient

Former President Jair Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a criminal group and attempting a violent overthrow, and sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Jail for Bolsonaro by no means signals the end of his political movement

A majority of Brazil's supreme court judges found the 70-year-old guilty on Thursday of masterminding a failed military coup designed to stop the leftwing winner of the 2022 election, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, taking office. Nowhere in the world has complete immunity against the virus of authoritarianism that creeps in insidiously, distilling its poison to contaminate freedoms and human rights, Justice Carmen Lucia Antunes Rocha told a courtroom in the capital, Brasilia, as she cast the deciding vote. Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro faces coup trial here's what to know

Former President Jair Bolsonaro faces trial on charges of plotting to overturn Brazil's 2022 election and undermining democratic rule.
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