Brazilian congress passes bill to cut Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term | Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s congress approved a bill to reduce the prison term of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to over 27 years for attempting an attempted coup. The legislation reduces his sentence from six years minimum in a closed regime to just over two years, depending on sentence reduction mechanisms. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to veto the bill but it is likely to be overturned by the conservative-dominated congress. This approval has been met with mixed reactions; while some celebrate it as progress, others view it as a setback for democratic progress and a reopening of Brazil's cycle of impunity.