Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account
by Tom Phillips and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#6VCYX)
In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,' says one leading politician
Brazilian democrats have celebrated the strength of their country's judiciary and institutions after the former president Jair Bolsonaro was left facing political oblivion and jail time for allegedly plotting a coup, in stark contrast to the US's failure to bring Donald Trump to justice for his anti-democratic acts.
In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House," said Marcelo Freixo, a leading leftwing politician on Wednesday after the attorney general formally accused Bolsonaro of engineering a sprawling conspiracy to cling to power following his defeat in the 2022 election.
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