A protester, supporter of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, empties a fire extinguisher after protesters stormed Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, January 8, 2023
BRAZIL’S Supreme Court has jailed five people for their involvement in the January 8 attempt to overturn Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva presidential election victory.
The conviction on Tuesday of Fabricio de Moura Gomes, Moises dos Anjos, Jorginho Cardoso de Azevedo, Rosana Maciel Gomes and Osmar Hilbrand brings the total number of defendants found guilty of crimes committed during the insurrection to 25.
They were found guilty of armed criminal association, violent abolition of the democratic state of law, coup d’etat and qualified damage as they sought to overturn far-right incumbant Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat by Lula.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
