Bolsonaro 2.0: Brazil braces for the return of the far right

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What happened

With Lula mired in scandal, Flávio Bolsonaro is firing up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbing A giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morni…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:04:05 UTC.

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