The release, on Tuesday (26), of the investigation into the plot of a Bolsonarist coup d’état highlighted the role that military personnel of various ranks played in the plans to keep () in power in 2022. , 25 are linked to the .
According to the investigation, the former president, a retired Army captain, for example; reserve generals such as Braga Netto and Mario Fernandes; you ; and suspected of working in organized groups — which .
Historian Carlos Fico, professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and researcher of coups and dictatorships in Brazil, considers that the existence of the investigation — and the — and the possibility of accepting complaints and punishing those involved already constitute a symbolically important novelty.
This Thursday’s Café da Manhã (28) analyzes the PF’s revelations about the military’s coup actions and the prospects for punishment. Carlos Fico discusses how coupism appears historically in the Armed Forces and what symbolism the unprecedented indictment of Brazilian military personnel for an attempted coup has.
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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, produced by Laura Lewer, Lucas Monteiro and Paola Monteira Rosa. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
