Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro (C) and others celebrate during a National Congress session that overturned President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's veto of a bill reducing sentences for those convicted of attempted coup d’etat, in Brasilia on April 30, 2026. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images
The vote of the Brazilian Congress to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence is a stinging defeat for three-term president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, who was himself imprisoned for over 18 months. This appears to be part of a general move to the right in Latin America, partly in response to heavy pressures from the Trump administration.
Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form.
