A majority of Supreme Federal Court (STF) justices voted Thursday for the conviction of former senator and former president Fernando Collor for passive corruption and money laundering in a case of Operation Lava Jato, Agencia Brasil reported. So far, the score is 6 to 1 for conviction. After voting Thursday, the session was adjourned and will resume on May 24.
Brazil insurrection; The final chapter of Bolsonaro’s story has yet to be written. But we already see hints that the fear of indictment has chastened him. Americans should take this lesson to heart: though prosecuting former presidents carries risks, the cost of letting insurrectionists and would-be autocrats escape accountability could be too high.
CHICAGO Brazil now has its own version of the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by supporters of the defeated president, Donald Trump. Two years and two days later, supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the national congress, the supreme court, and the presidential palace in Brasília, solidifying Bolsonaro’s credentials as the “Trump of the Tropics”.
CHICAGO Brazil now has its own version of the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by supporters of the defeated president, Donald Trump. Two years and two days later, supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the national congress, the supreme court, and the presidential palace in Brasília, solidifying Bolsonaro’s credentials as the “Trump of the Tropics”.
Many Americans fear indicting Trump for inciting an insurrection would lead to a cycle of political retaliation. Brazil’s history with antidemocratic ex-leaders shows it doesn't work that way.