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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Namita Singh

Brazil’s Bolsonaro and allies accused of plotting to overthrow democracy

Federal police in Brazil have formally accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of conspiring to overthrow the country’s democracy through a right-wing coup attempt.

The final police report caps a nearly two-year investigation into Mr Bolsonaro’s role in the election-denying movement that culminated in riots by his supporters that swept Brasilia, the capital, in January 2023, just a week after his rival president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.

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