Brazil's Lula Pushes Back Against US Tariff After Bolsonaro Sentencing

Brazil’s Lula hits back at Trump over Bolsonaro trial and tariffs

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defended the trial which saw his predecessor in office, Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Lula dismissed the description by US President Donald Trump of the trial as a “witch hunt”, saying that it was a “historic decision which safeguard’s our institutions and the democratic rule of law”.The Brazili…

Brazil's Justice: Bolsonaro Sentenced for Spearheading Coup - Real News Now

The sentencing of the previous president, Jair Bolsonaro, for spearheading a coup d’état presents a moment of reckoning for the durability of democratic principles in Brazil. The survival of Brazil’s democracy faces a significant threshold, hinging on whether the nation’s conventional conservative factions will uphold their alignments with far-right elements, a pattern seen during Bolsonaro’s tenure. Along with Bolsonaro, the highest court in Br…

Is Brazil’s Democracy Out of the Woods?

The conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro for launching a coup will once again test the resilience of Brazilian democracy. Much will depend on whether Brazil's traditional conservatives continue to ally with the far right, as they did during Bolsonaro's presidency.

Brazil's Lula pushes back against US tariff after Bolsonaro sentencing

After last week’s ruling against former President Bolsonaro, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that Trump’s government “will respond accordingly”.