Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro slams coup accusations against him
2025-02-20 10:04:43 source：The Aljazeera
February 19, 2025
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has dismissed what he called “vague accusations” against him after he was indicted over an attempted coup to stay in office following his 2022 election defeat.
On Wednesday, in a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Bolsonaro said that the criminal charges against him and 33 other people were the result of an “authoritarian regime” that needs to “manufacture internal enemies”.
“The trick of accusing democratic opposition leaders of plotting coups is nothing new,” Bolsonaro wrote.
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