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Brazil's ex-president given 27-year jail term for coup plotting

 Brazil's ex-President Jair Bolsonaro during a past event at Sao Paulo state, Brazil on May 20, 2022. [AFP]

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury.

The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail.

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