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Bolsonaro’s indictment over alleged coup plot signals shift in Brazil’s approach to political accountability

By Felipe Tirado, PhD Candidate in Law, King's College London

The Brazilian attorney-general has charged the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, with participating in a plot to cling to power through a coup d’etat in 2022. If Bolsonaro is convicted, he could spend between 38 and 43 years in prison.

Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022 but lost his attempt at re-election to current president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, is one…

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