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The Brazilian playbook for defending democracy

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The "A Justiça" statue, sculpted by Alfredo Ceschiatti, in front of the Supreme Federal Court in Brasília, Brazil. | Ton Molina/Bloomberg via Getty Images Brazil’s former president was sentenced to 27 years in prison late last year for plotting a coup. The details may sound familiar: Jair Bolsonaro lost an election. He claimed it was stolen from him and rallied supporters to storm the nation’s capital, Brasilia. The insurrection even took place in early January (2023). However, the parallels between Bolsonaro and President Donald Trump go back a lot further than the coup attempt. Bol...