Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
- Written by John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University

Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters to be held to account for their attempted power grab.
Brazil’s Supreme Court found Bolsonaro guilty of being part of an armed...