Brazil Congress Overrides Lula's Veto on Bolsonaro Sentence Bill
2 UPDATES · 1 DAY · 30 APR 2026 — 1 MAY 2026
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Brazil's Congress overrode President Lula's veto, passing a bill that could significantly reduce former President Bolsonaro's prison sentence for plotting a coup.
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This event covers the approval by Brazil's lower house of a bill reducing the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, including reactions, analyses, and follow-up developments of this specific occurrence. It excludes other actions by the same people, parties, or regions unless they are direct developments of this specific occurrence.
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