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1 day ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country's penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: by reading books. There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian president has never been known as a bibliophile. Sorry, I don't have time to read, Bolsonaro once declared. It's been three years since I read a book.
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6 months ago

Ana Maria Goncalves becomes first Black woman in Brazil's literary academy

Ana Maria Goncalves becomes the first Black woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, marking a significant milestone for diversity in Brazilian literature.
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