🧨 Charges accepted

Bolsonaro will stand trial for alleged coup plotting. Brazil talks of retaliatory measures against US tariffs. And the challenge of taxing the rich

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Gustavo Ribeiro & LetĂ­cia Arcoverde
March 27, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Bolsonaro will have his day in court

After the Supreme Court accepted charges against him, Jair Bolsonaro pleaded for amnesty — saying it would allow the country to “return to normality.” Photo: Lula Marques/EBC

After the Supreme Court accepted charges against him, Jair Bolsonaro pleaded for amnesty, saying it would allow the country to “return to normality.” Photo: Lula Marques/EBC

In a unanimous decision broadcast live to the nation, a five-justice panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court accepted criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his top allies for allegedly plotting a coup to hold on to power after losing the 2022 election. Their plan allegedly included assassinating current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the case.

👉 Why it matters. The court’s decision formally makes Bolsonaro a defendant in a criminal case. This will be the first trial for an attempted coup in Brazilian republican history — every previous coup attempt in Brazil was either successful or later pardoned.

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