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Brazil election front-runner Lula calls Bolsonaro 'worse than Trump'

Former President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets the supporters during a meeting with evangelical leaders in Sao Goncalo, in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is "a bit worse than (Donald) Trump," leftist election front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday, describing him as "ruder, less civilized and a bad copy," of the former U.S. president.

Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who trails Lula in polls ahead of the Oct. 2 election, has long admired Trump and has been dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics." The two were ideological allies, and the time they overlapped was one of closer ties between the two largest nations in the Americas.

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