{"id":58837,"date":"2026-04-30T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/brazils-congress-reduces-jair-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence\/30\/04\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:31:02","slug":"brazils-congress-reduces-jair-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/brazils-congress-reduces-jair-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence\/30\/04\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s Congress reduces Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s 27-year prison sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SAO PAULO (AP) \u2014 Brazil\u2019s Congress on Thursday reduced former President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-bolsonaro-prison-sentence-4ffc790826dd9dcd008dc666b6b9dda7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:27-year prison sentence;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">27-year prison sentence<\/a>, a move that will likely be appealed to the country\u2019s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s unclear how much time Bolsonaro would serve for his conviction for leading a coup attempt, but analysts say the move could shave 20 years off his sentence. The former president, who began serving it in November, is currently under house arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/luiz-in-cio-lula-da-silva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a> vetoed the initiative in December. Congress overrode the veto in a vote that featured several opposition lawmakers making reference to October&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lula is <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-president-lula-reelection-54727dd43c9709ae8be01dd9dc072fe5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:bidding for reelection;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">bidding for reelection<\/a> with Sen. Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro, one of the sons of the former president, as his most bitter rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bill passed by Congress reduces prison terms for several crimes, including those against the democratic rule of law and leading a coup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move may also benefit supporters of Bolsonaro who were sentenced under similar charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow AP\u2019s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/brazil-congress-reduces-jair-bolsonaro-185029170.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAO PAULO (AP) &mdash; Brazil&rsquo;s Congress on Thursday reduced former President Jair Bolsonaro&rsquo;s 27-year prison sentence, a move that will likely be<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/brazils-congress-reduces-jair-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence\/30\/04\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/7avz4zaVXxU0Bedv6UTcBw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03OTk7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/b24beda32ed9354168b9b84018986492","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}