Thousands of backers of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro have poured onto Copacabana Beach to express their support for the far-right politician as he faces charges of plotting a coup.

The former leader seeks political comeback despite ban from public office, echoing Trump’s strategy to regain office.

Several thousand supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro packed Copacabana beach in Rio on Sunday to show their backing for the right-wing firebrand, who is accused of attempting to overthrow his left-wing successor.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with orchestrating a plot to stay in office despite losing the 2022 election — a plot that the country’s top

If judges agree to hear the trial, Bolsonaro and others will become defendants. Bolsonaro and his representatives have denied wrongdoing. "The President never condoned any movement aimed at dismantling the democratic rule of law or the institutions that support it,