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#brazil

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Like his ally US President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro questioned his re-election defeat and was accused of encouraging an insurrection to overturn the will of the voters. He, however, has been punished for it.

Polls suggest that most Brazilians will accept the verdict, though a large minority will see the court’s decision as further evidence of an institution whose role is too big and whose decisions can be arbitrary. Many conservatives believe the court is biased against them, noting that it quashed Lula’s conviction corruption in 2021 and did not hear other cases against him. None of this, though, changes the gravity of Bolsonaro’s offences, nor the strength of the evidence offered.

Bolsonaro now faces up to 27 years in jail instead of another run at the presidency in elections next year. Aged 70 and in poor health after an attempted assassination in 2018, he could die a prisoner. Yet in Brazil’s volatile political world, where almost everything is up for negotiation, the case is not closed. The former president enjoys formidable support in congress, where allies are trying to force a vote on an amnesty bill to set him free. If a conservative wins next year’s election, Bolsonaro could be granted a pardon. A future rightwing president might stack the supreme court with allies or win enough senate seats to impeach justices."

ft.com/content/671577a8-ab27-4

Financial Times · A Brazilian court decision that bolsters democracyBy The editorial board
#Brazil#Democracy#Bolsonaro
janhoglund

“The aggressive…reaction of…Trump and…Rubio…only underscores how damaging these acts of democratic justice are to the cause of autocracy and the perceived right of strongmen to stay in power by any means. The United States government is deploying diplomatic warfare…, economic warfare…, and information warfare…”
—Ruth Ben-Giat, Bolsonaro’s Conviction is a Win for Democracy and Accountability
lucid.substack.com/p/bolsonaro
#trump #rubio #usa #bolsonaro #brazil

Lucid · Bolsonaro’s Conviction is a Win for Democracy and AccountabilityBy Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Mongabay

Archaeological discoveries in the Santarém region challenge the long-held belief that the Amazon was too harsh to sustain large, complex human cultures, revealing a radically different urban paradigm.

Occasionally, Santarém’s rich Indigenous heritage surfaces through the cracks in the urban concrete, although archaeological sites have disappeared as a result of urban expansion, agriculture, and the construction of a soy terminal.

by Peter Speetjens
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/an-a

Mongabay Environmental News · An ancient Indigenous civilization endures beneath an Amazon urban soy hubSantarém’s ceramics grace museums around the globe, yet the city’s heritage remains largely unknown in Brazil.
#news#Brazil
PublicNews.world Feed

Brazil's Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer, adding to his medical issues

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said Wednesday. Bolsonaro’s latest health issue comes after his conviction last week on charges that he plotted to overthrow leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who beat him in the 2022 presidential elections.

france24.com/en/americas/20250

FRANCE 24 · Brazil's Bolsonaro diagnosed with skin cancer, adding to his medical issuesBy FRANCE 24
#News#Brazil#BrazilNews
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