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.

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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.