Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages, issue public apology for racist remarks

SAO PAULO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered on Tuesday to pay 1 million reals (about 188,000 U.S. dollars) in damages for racist remarks he made while in office and issue a public apology.

The Federal Regional Court in the southern city of Porto Alegre made the ruling after Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on Thursday sentenced the ex-president to 27 years and three months