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| Brazil far-right politician enters presidential race | Brazil far-right politician enters presidential race |
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| A controversial far-right politician, Jair Bolsonaro, has formally declared that he is running in Brazil's presidential election in October. | A controversial far-right politician, Jair Bolsonaro, has formally declared that he is running in Brazil's presidential election in October. |
| The former army officer is currently in second place in the polls behind ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. | |
| But Lula is in jail for corruption and is unlikely to be able to run. | |
| Mr Bolsonaro has outraged many in Brazil with racist and homophobic comments. But his backers see him as a saviour in a crime-ridden country. | Mr Bolsonaro has outraged many in Brazil with racist and homophobic comments. But his backers see him as a saviour in a crime-ridden country. |
| Mr Bolsonaro is followed by millions of Brazilians on social media, and many refer to him as the "Brazilian Trump". | |
| Racism investigation | |
| In 2011, he told Playboy magazine that he would be "incapable of loving a gay son" and that he would rather see such a son of his "die in an accident". | |
| In 2015, he was fined for saying in a newspaper interview that Congresswoman Maria do Rosario was "not worth raping; she is very ugly". | |
| He is currently being investigated for alleged racism over derogatory remarks he made about Afro-Brazilians. | |
| Mr Bolsonaro, 63, declared himself a candidate to about 3,000 cheering supporters at a rally in Rio de Janeiro. | Mr Bolsonaro, 63, declared himself a candidate to about 3,000 cheering supporters at a rally in Rio de Janeiro. |
| The congressman said he would be represented by the Social Liberal Party (PSL) - seen as a lightweight in Brazilian politics. | The congressman said he would be represented by the Social Liberal Party (PSL) - seen as a lightweight in Brazilian politics. |
| This means he will have less than 10 seconds of air time for his TV campaign ads - a serious handicap in the presidential race. | |
| "We don't have a big party. We don't have election funding. We don't have television time," Mr Bolsonaro said. | "We don't have a big party. We don't have election funding. We don't have television time," Mr Bolsonaro said. |
| "But we have what the others don't have, which is you, the Brazilian people." | "But we have what the others don't have, which is you, the Brazilian people." |
| The candidate, who advocates loosening the country's gun control laws to deal with crime, is backed by millions of evangelical Christians for his uncompromising anti-abortion stand. | |
| Opinion polls suggest he is ahead if Lula is banned from running. | |
| But some surveys suggest that while many Brazilians see him as the man to take control of crime and corruption, he also has a high rejection rate which could make it tricky for him to win if the vote were to go into a run-off. |