Brazilian Police Accuse Bolsonaro of Plotting a Coup

Friday, November 22, 2024

Brazil's federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections.

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It's sad that Brazil is better at handling insurrectionist ---------- than the USA.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-11-21 04:02 PM

@#1 ... It's sad that Brazil is better at handling insurrectionist ---------- than the USA. ...

Apparently, but maybe too soon to tell.

What is interesting is that back in the time, I remember fmr Pres Bolsonaro saying ho much he admired Pres-elect Trump and was echoing his (Trump's) tactics.

So, now they both seem to have wound up in similar place, i.e., charged with coup-type crimes.

Quelle surprise.

Bolsonaro: I 'admire' Trump (2018)
www.france24.com

... Jair Bolsonaro, the favorite to win the second round of Brazil's presidential elections, on Thursday declared himself an "admirer" of US President Donald Trump.

Speaking during his first news conference since securing 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round -- trailed by leftist Fernando Haddad, who took 29 percent -- populist Bolsonaro also denied being a far-right leader.

"I'm not far-right. Point to me an act of mine that is far-right," he said.

"When I spoke of the migration question, it's because we can't have a country with open borders," he added, a point echoing Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric.

"I'm an admirer of President Trump. He wants a great United States -- I want a great Brazil." ...