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REACTION: Bolsonaro Will Stand Trial

By AQ Editors

Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for attempting a coup. What happens next?

Brazil's Supreme Court decided Wednesday that former President Jair Bolsonaro and close allies will stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, which he lost to his opponent and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Seven others will stand trial along with Bolsonaro: Alexandre Ramagem (a lawmaker and former head of Brazil's intelligence agency), Almir Garnier (former Navy commander), Anderson Torres (former Minister of Justice), Augusto Heleno (former institutional security minister), Mauro Cid (former aide-de-camp to Bolsonaro), Paulo Sérgio Nogueira...

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