Thousands of supporters of Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrated Sunday in several cities, days before the Supreme Court decides whether he is guilty of attempting a coup.
The high court is set to rule this week on whether Bolsonaro conspired to cling to power after losing 2022 elections to his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The 70-year-old former army captain risks up to 43 years in prison if convicted in a case which has sparked the ire of US President Donald Trump, an ally of Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro, who has been under house arrest since August, was of course absent from the protests organized on Brazil's Independence Day from the capital Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo.
The primary gathering of Bolsonaro's faithful began in earnest in the mid-afternoon in Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista, with supporters wearing the green and yellow of the national flag. AFP
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