Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil

<p>Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/jair-bolsonaro-conviction-attempted-coup-what-happens-next-explainer">Explainer: what did Bolsonaro’s trial reveal?</a></p></li></ul><p>​Brazil’s former far-right president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/jair-bolsonaro">Jair Bolsonaro</a> ​has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a military coup​ and seeking to “annihilate” the South American country’s democracy.</p><p>Justices Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha and Cristiano Zanin ruled on ​Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning four of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup">Continue reading...</a>