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Brazil cancels invite for EU observers after Bolsonaro objection

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Andressa Anholete

Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court(TSE) has canceled an invitation for the European Union to send observers for the October election after President Jair Bolsonaro's government objected to the invite, two sources said on Tuesday.

The TSE, Brazil's top election authority, told Reuters last month that it had invited the European Union for the first time to observe this year's general election, when Bolsonaro will seek re-election.

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