Brazil's Bolsonaro Awaits Ruling Over Alleged Coup Bid

Fonte: International Business Times

Dubbed the 'Trump of the Tropics,' Jair Bolsonaro has been the target of multiple investigations since his turbulent years as president of Latin America's biggest democracy AFP Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will learn on Wednesday whether he faces trial on charges of backing a coup bid after being voted out of office in 2022. Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments for and against putting the country's 2019-2022 leader on trial for allegedly masterminding efforts to wrest power from his leftist successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula was sworn in as president on January 1, 2023 after beating Bolsonaro by a razor-thin margin.