00:00A series of setbacks for Brazil's far-right over the last week is begging to cause their hopes for amnesty for former President Jair Bolsonaro to fade.
00:09Our correspondent, Brian Meir, has more.
00:1417. The lower house of Brazil's Congress voted to fast-track a constitutional amendment that, if ratified,
00:22promised to grant amnesty for far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro and his seven cronies,
00:28who were just sentenced by the Supreme Court to terms from 2 to 27 years behind bars for attempting to implement a military coup.
00:40There are moments in history when you have to have firm convictions.
00:45You who have voted for this amendment are damaging your own biographies.
00:50You all know that during a certain moment in history, there were people who thought it would be possible to pacify Europe with Hitler.
00:58One week later, it looks like the move, which was initiated by Bolsonaro's Liberal Party, is already running out of steam.
01:11On Sunday, Brazil's unions and social movements came out to the streets of dozens of cities to protest the bill,
01:17along with another one which would make it harder to convict corrupt politicians.
01:21One day later, the congressman tasked with preparing the measure for a floor vote, removed the word amnesty completely from the project.
01:30My draft will only include sentence reduction.
01:32This is what we are going to do.
01:34We want to reduce them based on articles in the law.
01:36We are calling this sentencing mitigation, not amnesty, because we want to reduce sentences.
01:41The Supreme Court will make the final decision.
01:43But our role is to try to reduce sentences.
01:45Then, a dagger was struck into the heart of the Brazilian far-right as their hero, Donald Trump, met with President Lula at the UN General Assembly,
01:55then said during his speech that he seemed like a very nice man and that they had agreed to continue dialogue.
02:01There is no more mood for political amnesty in Brazil.
02:07Basically, it's because President Lula's participation on General Assembly was viewed as very positive,
02:12and, more importantly, because of his brief meeting with President Trump,
02:16after which both leaders said they had excellent chemistry.
02:19The US president will take the pragmatic step of starting negotiations with the Brazilian president,
02:24and obviously the US has a lot of business interests in Brazil.
02:27Bolsonaro, who has already been convicted, will be completely forgotten.
02:34As the events of last week showed, things can change quickly in the world of politics.
02:40Now many are wondering if it's only a matter of time before the US removes its tariff on Brazilian coffee.
02:47Brian Mir, Telesur, Recife.
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