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Weekly Report - 29 January 2026 (WR-26-04)
BRAZIL: Far-right lawmakers lead demonstration in Brasília
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the federal capital, Brasília, on 25 January to express support for former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) who was convicted in September last year for plotting a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 election and began serving his prison sentence in November. Rather than a member of the Bolsonaro family, the march was led by federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira, a member of Bolsonaro’s right-wing Partido Liberal (PL), who appears to be seeking to use the former president’s imprisonment as a cause to galvanise the far right and shore up ties with the Bolsonaro family.
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