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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro banned from running for office for eight years

Controversial former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been banned from running for office for eight years after a panel of judges found he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system.

The right wing politician was found guilty of abusing his power ahead of last year’s presidential election, in which he lost to now President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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