Lula brands Bolsonaro ‘tiny little dictator’ in Brazil TV debate

Leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva calls incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a shameless liar' who fooled around' with Covid causing huge fatalities

The leftist frontrunner to become Brazil's next president branded the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, a tiny little dictator" and the king of fake news and stupidity" during a television debate that will help define the political future of one of the world's biggest democracies.

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who nearly beat Bolsonaro in the presidential election's first round in September, admonished his opponent over his handling of Covid and soaring Amazon deforestation during the feisty two-hour encounter.