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• Brazil braces for Bolsonaro’s day in court as ex-president testifies over ‘coup plot’

  09-06-2025 11:00
  Rightwinger accused of conspiring against democracy says appearance before supreme court will be ‘worth watching’Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, will finally find himself in the dock this week, accused of masterminding an armed far-right conspiracy to seize power after losing the 2022 presidential election.The 70-year-old paratrooper turned populist, who governed from 2019 until 2023, is scheduled to be interrogated by the supreme court as it seeks to untangle what f
  
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• Monday briefing: How​ the work of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira carries on, three ​years after their killing

  09-06-2025 07:35
  In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, Missing in the Amazon, explores the legacy of ​our colleagues, the fight to protect the rainforest, and the ​ongoing search for justiceGood morning.Last week marked the third anniversary of the disappearance of the longtime Guardian contributor Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest. They were found dead 10 days later, murdered as they tried to warn the world about the Amazon’s
  
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• Episode three: the protector and the poacher

  09-06-2025 06:00
  Bruno Pereira has been considered one of the great Indigenous protectors of his generation. And this has made him an enemy of a man called Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado. The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on the story of these two men – Bruno and Pelado – and what happened when their paths collideWarning – this episode has descriptions of violence and some swearing. Continue reading...
  
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