On Tuesday, efforts to vote on the sentence-reduction bill for Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro led to turmoil in the Chamber of Deputies. Government-allied leftist deputy Glauber Braga was forcibly removed by police after denouncing a 'coup offensive' and occupying the Speaker's chair, per local television footage.

On Tuesday, efforts to vote on the sentence-reduction bill for Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro led to turmoil in the Chamber of Deputies. Government-allied leftist deputy…

Scuffles broke out during a vote linked to attempts to reduce the former president's jail term.

BRASILIA: Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill early Wednesday that could drastically reduce the sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving 27…

Brazil's Chamber of Deputies could allow former President Jair Bolsonaro a big reduction in 27-year prison sentence he is serving for a coup attempt.

The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress's lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote.

Brazil’s Congress erupted into chaos when a federal deputy was forcibly removed from the Speaker's chair in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday (9 December), after he staged a…