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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Downie

Brazil: Boris Johnson’s fall met with hope and humour by foes of Bolsonaro

Boris Johnson shakes hands with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in New York in September 2021.
Boris Johnson shakes hands with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro in New York in September 2021. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/PA

Tremors from the political earthquake that shook the United Kingdom have reached Brazil, where the left is hoping the demise of a British populist leader presages the downfall of their own far-right authoritarian.

Boris Johnson’s political collapse was met with a mixture of hope and humour, with Ciro Gomes, one of the presidential candidates in October’s Brazilian election, describing the leaders of both nations in similar terms.

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