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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Bolsonaro indictment leaves Brazil’s tropical Trump staring at prospect of jail

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‘I think it’s highly unlikely this process won’t end with Jair Bolsonaro in jail,’ said Cesar Calejon, author of several books about the rightwing populist. Photograph: Pedro H Tesch/Getty Images

At the height of Jair Bolsonaro’s haywire presidency, Brazilian activists projected their deepest desire on to the Tower of London, where Guy Fawkes once languished after plotting to blow up parliament and assassinate the king.

“Jail Bolsonaro,” their wordplay read.

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