Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a military coup and seeking to “annihilate” the South American country’s democracy.
Justices Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha and Cristiano Zanin ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning four of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty.
Announcing Bolsonaro’s sentence for crimes including coup d’etat and violently attempting to abolish Brazil’s democracy on Thursday night, the supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes said: “[He tried to] annihilate the essential pillars of the democratic rule-of-law state … the greatest consequence [of which] … would have been the return of dictatorship to Brazil.”
But after Lula got jailed – for corruption and possibly fairly – it was unlikely Brazilian politics wouldn’t go down this route really…
Who knows what went on? But I have read a fair bit of stuff about de Moraes which suggests he was probably not all that interested in anything like evidence.
It’s a shame innit ?
Brazil was being touted as one of the great potential powerhouses and it reverts to being a Banana Republic.
If it goes on like this, it’ll become as bad as the USA.
The US deep state must be kicking itself for wasting so much political capital pursuing legitimate property financing arrangements and the delusions of an elderly rape-fetishist rather than utilising bent prosecutors, judges and juries along with a supine SCOTUS to ensure DJT never had a chance of running again.
They gave it a fucking good go.
Trump buggered it all up by winning the election, which just goes to show you can’t rely on him.
I hope Brazil stays a democracy with human rights.. THe people of Brazil are great people, and they have good football sides.
Wogs don’t get democracy, dear boy.
Racism is vile.
As the unfortunate Irina Zaratuzka learned at the hands of her murderer and the racist black passengers who did nothing to aid or comfort a dying white girl.
Yes, racism certainly is vile .
Racism? I am referring to culture, not race.
Dunno… Sounds like they’re moving along a looooong well-established South-American tradition..
Announcing Bolsonaro’s sentence for crimes including coup d’etat and violently attempting to abolish Brazil’s democracy on Thursday night…
If Bolsonaro had committed his alleged crimes on a different night of the week, would his sentence have been heavier or lighter?