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Brazil's Senate approves Bolsonaro's Supreme Court pick

Former Brazil's Attorney-General Andre Luiz de Almeida Mendonca, nominee of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro to be the next Supreme Court Justice, attends a session of the Committee on Constitution and Justice of the Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved André Mendonça, President Jair Bolsonaro's pick to be the next Supreme Court Justice, adding a conservative voice to the 11-member panel to represent the views of the country's vast religious right.

(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Writing by Gram Slattery)

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