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Brazil Congress Cuts Bolsonaro Sentence Over Lula Veto
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Brazil Congress Cuts Bolsonaro Sentence Over Lula Veto

Brazil's conservative-dominated congress has overturned President Lula's veto of a bill that reduces the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of attempting a coup. The bill now heads to the Supreme Court for final confirmation, setting up a high-stakes judicial decision on the fate of the country's most polarising political figure.

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