If you step back and look at Sérgio Moro's trajectory over the last three years, and his arrival as Super Justice Minister, I really think you have to use the word "coup." His actions as judge destroyed one government and led directly to his own elevation to high political office
If Lava Jato had only indirectly destroyed Dilma through impeachment, you could blame Congress for a "parliamentary coup" or just "controversial impeachment" that made Bolsonaro possible. But when you add Lula's imprisonment and Moro's path to huge power next year, it's different
Of course, I'm using "coup" in a different sense than is traditional in Latin American history. This is a series of parliamentary and judicial actions over many years. It surely wasn't some master plan. But in the end, the process Moro started allowed him to take power in Brazil
I think it's too early to really understand what has happened. We'll see what role he plays soon in the most right-wing elected government in Latin American history. But for now, I'm really getting the sense that this probably adds up to a kind of "golpe." What kind? Not sure
I still think, of course, that Bolsonaro is the legitimately elected President, and that even though Moro bent the rules, most of the actions that led to all this were technically legal. But how do we understand his ascension? It's not easy to answer www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/11/…
