Brazil election: Jair Bolsonaro makes Trumpian pledge as poll shows big lead

Brazil election: Jair Bolsonaro makes Trumpian pledge as poll shows big lead:

Rightwinger 15 points ahead as he rallies supporters with ‘make Brazil great again’ slogan

The far-right frontrunner to become the next president of Latin America’s largest democracy has vowed to make Brazil great again, as election-eve polls gave him a commanding lead in what many view as the most important election in its history.

“Let’s make Brazil Great! Let’s be proud of our homeland once again!” Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old former paratrooper notorious for his hostility to black and gay people, the environment and the left, proclaimed in a Trumpian live broadcast to his seven million Facebook followers on Saturday night.

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