Bolsonaro coup trial: US pressure on Brazil has increased Lula's popularity, expert says
• Aug 27, 2025, 8:22 PM
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Brazil said on Tuesday that the United States had revoked the US visa of the country's justice minister, the latest official to be punished by Washington over the coup trial of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Richard Lapper, Senior Fellow on the US & Americas Programme at Chatham House, says that pressure from the United States has actually increased President Lula's popularity.
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