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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

‘Brazilians tired of him’: how Bolsonaro the ‘unfloppable’ flopped

Jair Bolsonaro at a press conference two days after being defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Jair Bolsonaro at a press conference two days after being defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Photograph: Andressa Anholete/Getty Images

Two months ago Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, stood before a sea of supporters in his nation’s capital and used a phallic mantra to declare himself politically “unfloppable”.

But on Sunday Bolsonaro suffered a chastening defeat by his leftwing foe Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in their country’s make-or-break presidential election.

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