A far-right former army captain who expresses nostalgia for Brazil’s military dictatorship won the first round of its presidential election by a surprisingly large margin Sunday but fell just short of getting enough votes to avoid a second-round runoff against a leftist rival.
Jair Bolsonaro, whose last-minute surge almost gave him an electoral stunner, had 46.7% compared to 28.5% for former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad, Brazil’s Superior Electoral Tribunal said after all the votes were counted. He needed over 50% support to win outright. Polls predicted Bolsonaro, nicknamed “Brazil’s Trump,” would come out in front on Sunday, but he far outperformed expectations, blazing past competitors with more financing, institutional backing of parties, and free air time on television, the APreports.
MBGA?
So the guys nostalgic for military dictatorships yet he is compared to Trump? Something I’d expect from CNN and the like-minded MSM.