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Bolsonaro Charged With Coup Plan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Feb. 18, 2025 - onwards

Brazil’s prosecutor-general said that former leader Jair Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as part of an attempt coup to remain in power.

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet formally charged Bolsonaro Tuesday for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

He said that the plan also aimed at shooting dead Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a foe of the former president.

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