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Story summary
- Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup after the 2022 election and inciting supporters to storm Brasília in January 2023 after falsely claiming the vote was stolen.
- He also faces disqualification from future public office.
- Vox's Zack Beauchamp analyzes why Brazil's institutions resisted Bolsonaro's power grab more effectively than those in the United States, highlighting differences in their political systems.
