New Delhi: Former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison by Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday. He is accused of plotting to cling on to power after losing elections to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The former Army captain enjoyed the backing of the US, when he was in power between 2019 to 2022.

The court observed that the former President led a criminal organisation that aimed to prevent Lula from taking office in 2023. According to reports the plan was to assassinate Lula, his vice president Geraldo Alckmin, and Alexandre de Moraes — one of the five Supreme Court judges in his trial.

When he was in the military, Bolsonaro had a reputation of disobeying orders. On Thursday, the very institutions he had so openly........

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