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Majority on Brazil’s Supreme Court votes to convict Bolsonaro in coup trial

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority of three votes needed to convict firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison sentence a near certainty. FRANCE 24’s Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.

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