Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present

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Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present.
Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been ordered to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup, is the latest leader of Latin America's biggest economy to face court proceedings.
Unlike his predecessors, however, most of whom were charged...

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 26, 2025, shows Brazilian Senator and former President Fernando Collor de Mello (top L) delivering a speech during the debate on suspending and impeaching President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on May 11, 2016; Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (top R) gesturing during a meeting with his cabinet and governors to discuss changes in public security policies at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on October 31, 2024; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (bottom L) gesturing during a meeting with rectors of public universities and technical education at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on March 11, 2016; and Brazilian president Michel Temer delivering a speech during the "A Year of Achievements" meeting in celebration of the first year of his presidential term at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia on May 12, 2017. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gestures during a meeting with rectors of public universities and technical education at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on March 11, 2016. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff dug in Friday amid a swirling political crisis, insisting she would not resign and adamantly backing her embattled predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. With money-laundering charges against Lula adding to the pressure on her administration, Rousseff rejected calls to stand down, vehemently defended her mentor and said she would even be proud to have him in her cabinet -- a move that could used to protect the ex-president. Rousseff is facing an impeachment drive, a bruising recession, a massive scandal at state oil company Petrobras and a probe into alleged violations of electoral law in her reelection campaign last year. AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA Brazil's Supreme Court on March 26, 2025, has ruled that Jair Bolsonaro will be the first ex-president to stand trial for attempted coup d'état since the return to democracy, but several of his predecessors have been in trouble with the law, most of them for corruption. Since the end of the military dictatorship (1964-1985), four of the seven occupants of the Planalto presidential palace before the former far-right leader (2019-2022) have at some point been convicted, imprisoned, or impeached: Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010, in third term since 2023), Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016), and Michel Temer (2016-2018).