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John Otis

Behind in polls, Brazil's Bolsonaro hopes evangelicals will carry him to reelection

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro receives a blessing during a music festival organized by a local evangelic radio station on July 2, in Rio de Janeiro. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Before about 500 worshippers at an evangelical Christian church in a working-class Rio neighborhood, Pastor Abner Ferreira works himself into a frenzy describing the power of God to save souls.

But he's just as fervent about politics.

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