Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with orchestrating a coup to stay in office despite losing the 2022 election — a plot that the country’s top prosecutor says included a plan to poison his opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the unprecedented charges, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes Octavio Ferraz, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute at King’s College London.

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