00:01Brazil's Congress voted on Thursday to override a presidential veto and adopt a bill to reduce
00:06former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup in 2023.
00:12The conservative opposition successfully drew centrist senators and federal deputies to
00:17comfortably override the leftist president's veto of last year's sentencing bill.
00:22The new bill, which passed with 318 votes in favor and 144 against,
00:28could reduce Bolsonaro's sentence by as much as 20 years, according to analysts.
00:35Experts say the bill deals a crushing blow to incumbent President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva
00:40and comes just months before he launches his bid for a fourth non-consecutive presidency.
00:46He's expected to challenge Flavio Bolsonaro, a conservative lawmaker and son to the embattled former leader.
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