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Brazil’s lower house approved legislation Wednesday to reduce ex-President Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence for coup plotting to two years and four months.

But President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to veto the measure, potentially blocking Bolsonaro’s dramatically shortened prison term.

The vote passed 291-148 during a chaotic session and would reduce prison time for all convicted in the January 2023 government building invasions.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill Wednesday aimed at reducing the time that former President Jair Bolsonaro spends behind bars following his sentence of more than 27 years for attempting a coup. But his successor

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