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D-Day Approaches In Bolsonaro Coup Trial

Jair Bolsonaro risks a prison term of over 40 years if found guilty of seeking to claw back power after he was defeated in 2022 elections (Credit: AFP)

Brazil's Supreme Court begins voting Tuesday to convict or acquit far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro in a coup trial that has prompted mass protests by his fervent base and punitive backlash from his US ally, Donald Trump.

Bolsonaro, 70, risks a prison term of over 40 years if found guilty of seeking to claw back power after his defeat in the 2022 election by leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, now in office.

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