Latin America
Jair Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Prison Sentence for Plotting Coup
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for orchestrating a failed coup attempt to block the transfer of power after the 2022 election. The ruling concludes a multiyear investigation into the plot, which prosecutors say involved plans to sabotage Brazil’s electoral system and assassinate now President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and now Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.
Can Lula Reunite Brazil?
After a tense month of campaigning in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected President a third time with 50.9 percent of the votes.
Supporters of Brazil’s Bolsonaro Call for a Military Coup
Brazil held a second round of presidential elections after no candidate won an outright majority in the first round on Oct. 2. The runoff race was between the incumbent far-right Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The Votes Are In: Brazilian Elections Reveal a Polarized Country with an Uncertain Fate
On Sunday, Oct. 2, Brazil held its first round of presidential and congressional elections. With 99.98 percent of the votes counted by Sunday evening, the ballots showed that top contenders Lula and Bolsonaro came in first and second place with 48.4 percent of the electorate and 43.2 percent, respectively.