The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
July 9, 2024

Bolsonaro Indicted for Money Laundering in Brazil; Lula Relaunches Probe into Ex-Dictatorship
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted on
charges of money laundering and criminal association in connection with
undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Lula has reinstated a
special commission to investigate crimes committed during Brazil's
military dictatorship. The commission, established in 1995 to probe
disappearances and other human rights abuses committed by the military
regime between 1964 and 1985, had been dismantled by Bolsonaro, a former
army captain who served during the dictatorship.


.