"Historic Moment in Brazil": Bolsonaro Gets 27 Years for 2022 Coup Plot

[Uncle Joe]

Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a military coup and seeking to "annihilate" democracy in Brazil following his election defeat in 2022. The sentencing marks the first time a former Brazilian head of state is brought to trial and convicted for attempting to overthrow the government. Bolsonaro and his co-conspirators, who were also sentenced to prison, hatched a plan that involved using armed forces to assassinate the President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

The decision was made amid political pressure from the Trump administration to drop the case against Bolsonaro. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged that the U.S. would "respond accordingly," calling the ruling a witch hunt. "Latin American countries need to be united and have a very strong position to defend democracy and to defend our sovereignty and independence," says Maria Luísa Mendonça, director of the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil.

[Sneederbunk]

1. Obviously the prosecutor down there was not consulting Garland.

[gfarber]

2. Bolsonaro

A plot to bring Lula to doom,
By coup and by military boom,
Put Jair behind bars,
Past political stars,
As justice dispelled the dark gloom.

Old Jair tried a coup with some flair,
But forgot that the courts actually care.
Now he's locked up tight,
For his far-right delight—
Guess “democracy” wasn’t just hot air!

When Jair hatched a coup with his bros,
To unseat Lula—God only knows—
Rubio cried "Sham!"
Like a good little ham,
While Brazil said, "Enjoy prison clothes!"

[Sogo]

3. We're so envious!

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[Whyisthisstillclose]

4. Wouldn't it be cool to live in a country with laws and consequences?

[stevegc]

5. Party in Rio

People in Rio de Janeiro celebrating Bolsonaro's conviction to the tune of a samba version of "Bella Ciao"

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