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Judges have accused the ex-leader of spreading lies about last year’s presidential race Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from seeking public office for eight years, after a federal court said he made baseless claims about the country’s voting system and abused the power of the presidency.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the move will free his country’s economy from sanctions Venezuela is planning to shift away from the greenback in cross-border transactions, President Nicolas Maduro said earlier this week, claiming that the measure would help the Bolivarian Republic to free its economy.