# ‘It cost me many friendships’: former Brazil military chief reveals struggle to stop Bolsonaro’s coup

https://mins.news/en/item/46488

- The Guardian, 2026-09-05 10:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/jair-bolsonaro-coup-plan-2022-election-brazil-air-force-baptista-junior

> Former air force chief Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior says Jair Bolsonaro’s government circulated a draft decree to annul Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 2022 election victory and keep Bolsonaro in power. Baptista Júnior refused to accept it, declaring that the air force would not participate. He says he wrote his new book to help prevent history from repeating itself.

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