Brazil's Congress has overturned President Lula da Silva's veto, significantly reducing the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro. This represents a major political defeat for Lula, whose rival had been sentenced to 27 years for coup plotting. The conservative-majority Congress pushed for the reduction, despite Lula's efforts to block it.

Brazil’s Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s veto of a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of his arch-rival Jair Bolsonaro, the second major defeat for Lula in as many days. Former president Bolsonaro, 71, was sentenced last year to 27 years behind bars for coup plotting over his attempt to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to Lula. The left-wing Lula had attempted to block a subsequent push by the conservative-majority Congress to reduce...