The Daily Populous

Friday September 12nd, 2025 day edition

image for Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of plotting coup, sentenced to over 27 years in prison

The evidence against Bolsonaro largely centered on how he tried to stay in power after losing the presidential election in 2022 to Lula da Silva.

Prosecutors had alleged that the coup plot began in 2021, with efforts to undermine public trust in the electoral system.

The verdict leaves Bolsonaro, 70, facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, another son of the former president, told Reuters he expects additional US sanctions against Brazilian officials, including justices who voted to convict.

A session during the final phase of the trial of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, on charges of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 10, 2025.

Bolsonaro joins a growing list of Latin American leaders to be convicted of a crime in recent years.

In 2022, Argentina’s ex-leader Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was convicted of corruption related to public works contracts. »

Groundbreaking Brazilian Drug, Considered Capable of Reversing Spinal Cord Injury, Presented in SĂŁo Paulo

Authored by folha.uol.com.br

From a tender wrapper of human life, the placenta, comes the extraction of a protein that points to a solution for something that, until now, science had no clear path to—and never one so celebrated: restoring the spinal cord in people who suffered injuries and lost body movement.

SAO PAULO/ SP, BRASIL, 09/09/2025 Tatiana Sampaio (Foto: Zanone Fraissat/Folhapress, SAUDE) - Zanone Fraissat/Folhapress.

During the experimental phase of the antidote, which is applied directly to the spine, patients experienced full recovery of their conditions, with no aftereffects and resuming a routine without restrictions. »

‘Extremely bizarre’: Florida man ran over his date after she refused to allow him to smell her feet, police say

Authored by the-independent.com

A Florida man was arrested after a meetup with a woman he met on a dating app turned violent when he allegedly ran over her after she refused to allow him to smell her feet, police say.

It happened around 2 p.m. on August 24 at the Serena Hotel in Aventura, about 20 miles north of Miami.

“When I got there, he just wanted to sniff my feet and I didn't feel comfortable with that,” she explained. »

Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The Supreme Court panel also barred him from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.

Bolsonaro, who was put under house arrest after being deemed a flight risk, did not attend this final phase of the trial in person.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Brazil's Supreme Court had "unjustly ruled to imprison former President Jair Bolsonaro" and threatened to "respond accordingly to this witch hunt". »

EU to slash food and fast fashion waste – DW – 09

Authored by dw.com

Following negotiations between its 27 member states, the EU has introduced 30% reduction targets on food waste generated by households, retailers and restaurants.

Food waste also has a significant climate impact, generating about 16% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the EU food system.

Fast food restaurants will also have to curb food waste under an expanded EU directive Image: Martin Gerten/picture-alliance/dpa. »