#jair-bolsonaro

#jair-bolsonaro

Brazilian police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday on suspicion he was plotting to flee and avoid a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. Bolsonaro was convicted in September of trying to stay in power after losing his 2022 reelection bid. He is the first former president in Latin America's largest economy found guilty of attempting to overturn an election. He has denied wrongdoing.

Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The decision laid bare some of the country's divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader's prison to celebrate as his supporters prepared a religious act in his favor. In a dramatic and unexpected twist in the final stage of a long and divisive criminal trial,

Two months after receiving a 27-year sentence for trying to annihilate Brazil's democratic institutions, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally looks jail-bound. The convicted coup-monger who has been living under house arrest in his mansion while a series of legal procedures and appeals play out is widely expected to be incarcerated in the coming days, amid growing speculation that he will be sent to a notorious maximum security prison.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, has launched an impassioned defence of his country's democracy, claiming the recent conviction of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had shown the world how would-be autocrats could be brought to heel. Speaking at the opening of the United Nations general assembly in New York, Lula hailed Brazil's successful effort to repel an unprecedented attack from Bolsonaro's extreme right movement.

The September 11 decision revolved around Bolsonaro's plan to overturn his 2022 electoral defeat and assassinate current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and two other top members of the Brazilian government. The panel of five Supreme Court justices voted 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro and sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison. Brazilians celebrated in the streets in cities across the country. News reports showed people amassed, dancing, and playing music as if it were the festival of Carnival.

The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices on Thursday reached the votes needed to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup in 2022 after he lost the presidential election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The right-wing populist was found guilty after three out of five Supreme Court justices voted to convict. The judges can still change their decisions until a judgement is pronounced on Friday.

Tens of thousands of Bolsonaro's supporters gathered in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and the capital, Brasilia, on Sunday, waving the flags of Brazil and the United States, in an apparent nod to President Donald Trump, an ally of the far-right former leader.

The future of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro is in the balance as his trial for masterminding a conspiracy to stay in power enters its final stage today. The country is bracing for unrest during the trial. A Supreme Court panel has scheduled sessions from September 2-12 to decide whether the populist ex-leader is guilty of seeking to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro's legal representatives denied the charges against him, asserting that the evidence presented did not convincingly link him to a plot to overturn the election.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions for Brazilian judicial officials and their families, accusing Justice Alexandre de Moraes of creating a censorship complex.

Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, rejected Donald Trump's accusations and asserted that Brazil does not accept external interference in its domestic matters.

"Initially declared stable, Bolsonaro's medical team reversed their decision on surgery after new tests found issues requiring immediate attention due to complications from previous surgeries."