US EditionBolsonaro Rallies Support for Amnesty Law as Coup Trial Looms
- Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered in Sao Paulo on April 6, 2025, to advocate for amnesty for individuals convicted of participating in the January 8, 2023, attacks on government buildings in Brasilia.
- The Supreme Court decided that Bolsonaro would face trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government following his election defeat in 2022.
- Bolsonaro's rally drew 59,900 supporters, overshadowing a smaller protest organized by Federal Deputy Guilherme Boulos, which only attracted 5,500 participants, highlighting Brazil's deepening political divide.
- Leftist groups, including the Landless Workers' Movement and the National Union of Students, demand accountability for the January 8 attacks and Bolsonaro's imprisonment for inciting the violence.
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Claudio Castro, governor of Rio de Janeiro: "Our candidate must be Bolsonaro. And if not, whoever he decides."
Lawyer, 46 years old, is part of the Liberal Party, the formation of the former Brazilian president. He moves freely through the baroque halls of the palace, while the city and Brazilian politics burn down Read
Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters march down Paulista Avenue
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at a large demonstration Sunday in São Paulo, during which scoores of Brazilians pressed for Congress to issue a blanket pardon in favor of all those facing charges in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in Brasilia against the headquarters of the three branches of Gvernment which the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled to be a failed coup d'état.
Bolsonaro’s Rally Draws Massive Crowd, Overshadowing Leftist Protest in São Paulo
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrated his enduring influence by attracting 59,900 supporters to a rally in São Paulo on April 6, 2025. The event, advocating for amnesty for individuals convicted of the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil’s government institutions, dwarfed a leftist protest held a week earlier. Federal Deputy Guilherme Boulos organized the […]
Brazil: pursued for attempted coup d'état, Jair Bolsonaro mobilizes his supporters
Ten days after the Supreme Court decided that he should be tried for attempted coup d'état following the events of January 8, 2023, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered his support on Sunday, April 6, in São Paulo. Tens of thousands of people responded to the appeal.
Facing coup trial, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro asserts political comeback with mass rally in Sao Paulo
The far-right leader's rally brought out around 45,000 people to the financial center's prestigious Paulista Avenue, according to a count by the University of Sao Paolo, many of them wearing the national football strip adopted by his supporters
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