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Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on bill cutting Bolsonaro coup sentence

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during an event to mark the consolidation of democracy in Brazil, a year after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, in Brasilia, Brazil January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during an event to mark the consolidation of democracy in Brazil, a year after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, in Brasilia, Brazil January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado ADRIANO MACHADO Reuters

SAO PAULO - Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's veto on a bill sharply reducing former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, further weakening the leftist leader's hand in Congress.

(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo, Editing by Natalia Siniawski)

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This story was originally published April 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM.

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