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

Jair Bolsonaro wrecked Brazil’s presidential palace, TV report suggests

Brasília’s Palácio da Alvorada
Photographs of the rundown Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília’s resembled images of dilapidated student accommodation more than a listed building. Photograph: Cro Magnon/Alamy

Jair Bolsonaro’s wrecking of the Amazon made him a global outcast – but his acts of desecration were not limited to the rainforest.

A report by the Brazilian broadcaster GloboNews suggests that even the official presidential residence – a 1950s masterpiece by the architect Oscar Niemeyer – was defiled by the far-right politician during his four years in power.

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