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Weekly Report - 12 June 2025 (WR-25-23)

BRAZIL: Unconfrontational hearing for Bolsonaro

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) testified before the supreme court (STF) on 10 June in a case involving an alleged military coup plot following his 2022 election defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [WR-25-12]. In the televised deposition, it was expected that Bolsonaro would use the spotlight to turn the court hearing into a performance. But he adopted a more restrained tone than in his speeches, to avoid further antagonising the judicial authorities that he has often insulted. STF justice Alexandre de Moraes, the judge presiding over the coup plot case, also appeared to avoid making comments or speaking in a tone that might further incur the wrath of the far-right ‘Bolsonarismo’ movement.

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