Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office
by Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#7031B)
Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for cockroaches' comment in 2021
Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to pay R$1m (138,000) in collective moral damages for remarks deemed racist" while he was in office.
The latest ruling, delivered by a state appeals court, came less than a week after Brazil's former president was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for leading an attempted coup to overturn the result of the 2022 election.
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