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Montevideo, July 27th 2025 - 00:01 UTC

Tag: coup d'état

  • Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

    Brazil: STF conviction tally in Jan. 8 riots reaches 643 individuals

    Those not engaged directly in acts of violence had their sentences commuted and will stay out of prison

    According to a list released Monday by the Office of Brazil's Prosecutor-General, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has convicted 643 people in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasília, which were deemed an attempted coup d'état.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 20:08 UTC

    Brazilian army officers arrested for planning to kill Lula

    Sleuths found evidence regarding the plan by the military to poison Lula and eliminate Alckmin and De Moraes

    Five Brazilian Army officers were arrested this week in connection with their involvement in Operation Green and Yellow Dagger, an alleged plan to kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022. The strategy also included taking down Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes.

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 18:20 UTC

    Bolivia says BA's remarks regarding coup were “unfriendly and reckless”

    Milei's Office said it remained calm during the “fake” uprising because it was known in Buenos Aires that it was not real

    Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Monday said that comments from the Office of Argentine President Javier Milei on the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz were “unfriendly” and “reckless.” Casa Rosada had contended that the military uprising had been staged and therefore calling it a revolt was a “false denunciation.”