Bolsonaro accuses U.N.'s Bachelet of meddling in Brazil's sovereignty


FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

GENEVA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused Chile's former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country's affairs after she criticized a rise police violence and an erosion of democracy.

In comments to reporters in Geneva, Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over a jump in police violence in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo states "amidst a public discourse legitimising summary executions and an absence of accountability."

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