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Montevideo, April 16th 2025 - 12:41 UTC

Tag: Brazil coup attempt

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 23:32 UTC

    Brazil's STF votes to proceed with coup charges against Bolsonaro and others

    “We had a very violent coup attempt,” De Moraes stressed

    The First Panel (Turma) of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of moving on the the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots, which -the prosecution argues- constituted an attempted coup d'état following defeat in the 2022 elections.

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 05:20 UTC

    Brazil's STF reviews possible charges against Bolsonaro and others for Jan. 8 riots

    Bolsonaro's presence was not needed at this stage, so his appearance came as a bit of a surprise

    Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) rounded up Tuesday the first day of the proceedings to determine whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his closest allies will face criminal charges for attempting to overthrow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Jan. 8, 2023, when crowds stormed into the headquarters of the three branches of Government in Brasilia causing havoc.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazil's PGR indicts Bolsonaro and 33 others for coup attempt

    Bolsonaro carried out a “conspiratorial plot armed and executed against democratic institutions,” the prosecution argued

    Former President Jair Bolsonaro was indicted Tuesday by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) alongside 33 other people before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for the crimes of coup d'état, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and criminal organization.