Brazil’s left-leaning Supreme Court agreed on January 13 to launch an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro, a pro-life conservative, for his alleged role in the protests that erupted in Brasilia recently.
Many Bolsonaro supporters had sought the military’s cooperation in stepping in after Socialist Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva was elected as the next president of Brazil after reportedly defeating Bolsonaro 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent in November last year. Many conservatives in Brazil saw Lula’s victory as the result of electoral fraud, as the election was swamped with irregularities reminiscent of the 2020 presidential election in the United States.