Event Brief
Brazil Congress reduces Bolsonaro coup prison sentence
Filed: May 01, 2026 at 4:02 AM ET
Summary: Brazilian lawmakers adopted a bill to sharply reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup.
WHO: Brazilian lawmakers; President Lula da Silva; Jair Bolsonaro
WHAT: Congress moved to adopt a bill reducing Bolsonaro’s prison sentence
WHEN: May 01, 2026 at 3:13 AM ET
WHERE: Brazil
WHY: Lawmakers defied President Lula da Silva’s veto to adopt the bill.
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