Overview

• University of São Paulo researchers counted about 12,400 participants at the Avenida Paulista protest on June 29, marking the lowest turnout since February’s peak of roughly 185,000.
• Bolsonaro led the demonstration and asserted that Supreme Federal Court charges are politically motivated to derail his bid for the 2026 presidency.
• He and seven co-defendants are facing trial before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on accusations of plotting to overturn the 2022 election results.
• A former aide testified on June 9 that the group drafted emergency decrees intended to seize presidential powers following Bolsonaro’s defeat.
• Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court has barred Bolsonaro from holding public office until 2030 over his unsubstantiated attacks on the country’s electronic voting system.