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.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to the crowd upon arriving at a rally on Copacabana Beach in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for storming government ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s ... linked to the University of Sao Paulo. Bolsonaro’s allies had hoped to draw a crowd of 1 million. Copacabana has regularly been ...

Supporters of Brazil’s former president ... Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro gestures to the crowd at the rally (Bruna Prado/AP) Copacabana has regularly been the site for rallies ...

Bolsonaro's allies had hoped to draw a crowd of 1 million. Copacabana has regularly been the site for rallies called by Bolsonaro at times when he has sought to demonstrate his political strength.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of backers of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro poured onto Copacabana Beach on Sunday to express their support ... hoped to draw a crowd of 1 million.

(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to the crowd upon arriving at a rally in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for ...