Insults traded on social media and a combative debate have intensified the pressure ahead of a fiercely contested presidential run-off on Sunday, with only a few points separating leftist pro-union President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president and Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.
With music blaring, parade floats and glitter in the colours of the Brazilian flag, several hundred supporters rallied in street-carnival style on Wednesday in the working-class neighbourhood of Bangu, in western Rio, to support right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.
