Brazil Political Crisis Grows as Bolsonaro, Top Court Bicker
- Top court chief cancels meeting with Bolsonaro, congress heads
- House committee rejects paper ballot bill, backed by president
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
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President Jair Bolsonaro’s relentless attack on Brazil’s voting system soured his relationship with the Supreme Court, leaving the country on the brink of an institutional crisis.
Top Justice Luiz Fux on Thursday canceled plans for a meeting with Bolsonaro and the heads of congress that was intended to defuse rising tensions between them. The move came a day after the court allowed an investigation of the far-right president over his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.