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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état

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Former president Jair Bolsonaro among 37 people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy.

Federal police say they have concluded their long-running investigation into what they called a coordinated attempt to “violently dismantle the constitutional state” The list contains one non-Brazilian name: that of an Argentinian digital marketing guru who was in charge of communications for Argentina ’s president, Javier Milei .

Police reportedly found a cap emblazoned with the slogan of Bolsonaro ’s far-right movement: “ Brazil above everything. God above all” In a video statement, Paulo Pimenta said the government was “utterly perplexed and outraged” by the revelations.

Bolsonaro in Jail” is a call from many progressive Brazilians .