Brazil's Bolsonaro Convicted Of Coup Plotting
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro took the streets on the country’s Independence Day, calling out against the Supreme Court trial that is scheduled to give a verdict against their leader in an alleged coup plot this week.