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Bolsonaro denies any knowledge of plans to kill Lula and Alckmin
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insisted Friday that “discussing a plan to kill someone never happened,” despite what has been widely published in local media. Several military officers from his days in the Planalto Palace have been arrested for allegedly planning to take down Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin after winning the runoff, in addition to Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes. In an interview via videoconference with Veja, Bolsonaro also downplayed his relationship with those apprehended. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Nov 26th, 2024 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies
The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a right wing coup d’état.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/jair-bolsonaro-charged-coup-plot
“...trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies”
Dec 02nd, 2024 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Democracy ?
Being slowly eroded by nine-finger's attempts to pass laws to incriminate the opposition, helped by the Supreme Court that has usurped Congress's function of legislating....
Nine-fingers, in an interview with Radio Gaúcha, June last year, when questioned why he and his party still supported Maduro, he declared, “democacy is relative, it can mean something to me and something else to you...”
Enough said.
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