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The 'Trump of the Tropics' stands trial over Brazil's Jan 6

The 'Trump of the Tropics' stands trial over Brazil's Jan 6

Update: 2025-09-02
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Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has called in the military to quell nationwide protests in what critics say is an echo of the nation's authoritarian past. Speaking of authoritarian leaders, the man dubbed the 'Trump of the Tropic's', Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is facing decades in prison, accused of plotting to overthrow the government. A verdict in his court case is expected by the end of the week. And eight First Nations STEM students are undertaking a space bootcamp at Melbourne's Monash University ahead of a ten-week research placement at at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and the UK’s national space laboratory: RAL Space. 

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The 'Trump of the Tropics' stands trial over Brazil's Jan 6

The 'Trump of the Tropics' stands trial over Brazil's Jan 6

Australian Broadcasting Corporation