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Brazil’s Lula vetoes bill cutting former president Bolsonaro’s sentence

By Thomson Reuters Jan 8, 2026 | 8:57 AM

SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Brazilian ‍President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday ‌a bill ‌passed by Congress cutting former President Jair Bolsonaro’s ​27-year prison ‍sentence ​for plotting ​a coup.

The ‍bill approved by lawmakers in December could cut the ‍former president’s prison term to ‍just ‍over ​two years. ​Congress ⁠can still ‌override Lula’s veto.

(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Isabel ⁠Teles)