{"id":14060,"date":"2025-02-19T02:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14060"},"modified":"2025-02-19T02:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:52:17","slug":"brazil-charges-former-president-jair-bolsonaro-over-coup-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14060","title":{"rendered":"Brazil charges former president Jair Bolsonaro over coup plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=17e35e21-7383-49dd-9d13-a702cbc0ad7b\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Brazil\u2019s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged with leading a coup plot intended to keep him in power after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n<p>The hard-right politician was accused by the country\u2019s attorney-general of leading a \u201ccriminal organisation\u201d to subvert democracy in Latin America\u2019s most populous nation.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said 33 other people were involved in the plot, including Bolsonaro\u2019s vice-presidential candidate General Walter Braga Netto and nearly two dozen retired or serving senior military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the plot included plans to assassinate Lula to prevent him from taking office, prosecutors alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s supreme court must now consider the charges and decide whether to proceed to a trial. If convicted, Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, could face a lengthy jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p>A darling of Brazil\u2019s conservatives, Bolsonaro has already been declared ineligible to run for public office until 2030 because of attacks on the country\u2019s electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>He also faces two other court cases over the alleged falsification of a Covid vaccine certificate and the illegal sale of jewels given to him as head of state.<\/p>\n<p>In a filing to the supreme court, attorney-general Paulo Gonet said the charges \u201cdescribe deeds carried out by a President of the Republic who forms a structured criminal organisation with other civil and military figures to prevent the result of the popular will expressed in the 2022 elections from being carried out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They were based on a detailed federal police report from last November.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate reaction from Bolsonaro, who has previously painted himself as the victim of politically motivated persecution.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the former president has attempted to rally his conservative forces in congress to pass an amnesty law for alleged coup plotters, but the speed of the unfolding prosecution appeared to have taken him by surprise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/17e35e21-7383-49dd-9d13-a702cbc0ad7b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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