Overview

• Tens of thousands demonstrated nationwide on Independence Day, with a major rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista where Michelle Bolsonaro appeared as Jair Bolsonaro remained under house arrest.
• Protesters demanded amnesty for participants in the January 8, 2023 Brasília attack and denounced Justice Alexandre de Moraes, while counter-demonstrations also took place.
• The Supreme Federal Court’s First Chamber is scheduled to begin its vote Tuesday, with a decision expected by week’s end and three of five votes sufficient to convict.
• Prosecutors charge Bolsonaro and seven co-defendants, including former ministers and generals, with an attempted coup that involved draft emergency decrees and alleged knowledge of assassination plans, allegations he denies.
• Diplomatic tensions with the United States have intensified, with the Trump administration imposing personal sanctions on Justice Moraes and setting 50% tariffs on Brazil.