Over the past five years, applications for residence permits submitted by Brazilians in Paraguay have more than doubled. Many of them are Bolsonaro supporters who are afraid October's presidential election will be won by incumbent leader Lula – whom they accuse of plunging the Latin American giant into an unprecedented economic crisis. FRANCE 24's Fanny Lothaire, Valeria Saccone and Mélanie Blondeau report, with Jan Onoszko.
Brazil is holding presidential elections on October 4 and 25, but some voters have already decided to go into exile, convinced that the country will go from bad to worse if President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is re-elected.
