Brazil's Right Should Move on From Bolsonaro
As influential as the former president remains within the country's right-wing movement, his most recent indictment shows it's time to find fresh leadership.
That balloon is going to pop.
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The judiciary is closing in on Jair Bolsonaro.
On Thursday, Brazil’s federal police recommended charges against the former president and 36 of his close allies — including 25 members of the military — after obtaining evidence that in 2022 they plotted a coup to prevent his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from reaching power. More dramatically, the police’s investigation also alleged that Bolsonaro knew about a plot to assassinate Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes in the wake of the last presidential election, according to reports on Brazil’s media.