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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
SAO PAULO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — The Federal District Court in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to pay 1 million reais (about 188,000 U.S. dollars) in damages for racist remarks he made while in office and to issue a public apology.
The court ruled that the politician's comments about the curly hair of a young man of African descent, made on television in 2021, caused collective moral harm and negatively impacted the values of society as a whole. At the time, Bolsonaro compared his supporter's hairstyle to a "cockroach breeding ground" and implied that he had lice.
The judges found the remarks to be racist and rejected the defense's argument that they were just a "joke."
The decision can be appealed to a higher court.
As a reminder, Brazil's Federal Supreme Court sentenced the politician on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting a coup in 2022. –0–
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