Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 years

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/americas/bolsonaro-convicted-coup-attempt.html

Summary
In September 2025, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to overturn the 2022 election that he lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The court ruled that Bolsonaro led a criminal organization that spread disinformation, conspired to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and incited the January 8, 2023 riots in Brasília, when his supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Evidence presented also linked him to plots to assassinate Lula and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as well as responsibility for the destruction of protected government buildings during the unrest. Although sentenced, Bolsonaro is currently under house arrest while appealing the decision, but the ruling marks an unprecedented moment in Brazil, where a former president has been convicted of orchestrating a coup attempt.

A major win against authoritarianism.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/americas/bolsonaro-convicted-coup-attempt.html

Summary
In September 2025, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to overturn the 2022 election that he lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The court ruled that Bolsonaro led a criminal organization that spread disinformation, conspired to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and incited the January 8, 2023 riots in Brasília, when his supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Evidence presented also linked him to plots to assassinate Lula and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as well as responsibility for the destruction of protected government buildings during the unrest. Although sentenced, Bolsonaro is currently under house arrest while appealing the decision, but the ruling marks an unprecedented moment in Brazil, where a former president has been convicted of orchestrating a coup attempt.

A major win against authoritarianism.

Brazil is a major headache, I am doing a lot of work through Brazil (along with many other nations). It is a mess. Brazilian people are great though and I hurt for them.