On April 6, 2025, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro led a rally in São Paulo advocating for an amnesty law that would absolve him and his supporters involved in the January 8, 2023, storming of government buildings—a significant event following his defeat in the 2022 presidential election. teleSUR
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00:00And in Brazil, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took part in a rally
00:06demanding amnesty for those convicted in the attempted coup d'état of January 8, 2023.
00:12Right-wing demonstrators gathered in one of the main avenues of Sao Paulo wearing
00:16Brazilian national t-shirts, while some waved flags of the United States and Israel.
00:21This was the second march organized by former President Bolsonaro, who is currently charged
00:25in the Federal Supreme Court for his involvement in the coup attempt against current President
00:29Luiz Inácio Basilba after the 2022 elections. Bolsonaro used the platform to declare that
00:34his disqualification to run for the next elections in 2026 represents an alleged denial of democracy.