Fears Bolsonaro may not accept defeat as son cries fraud before Brazil election
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#656C3)
Claim of greatest electoral fraud ever seen' raises concern that far-right president is echoing Donald Trump's playbook
Fears are growing that Jair Bolsonaro could refuse to accept defeat in Brazil's crunch election this Sunday after his politician son claimed Brazil's far-right president was the victim of the greatest electoral fraud ever seen" amid unproven allegations of foul play.
The assertion from the president's senator son, Flavio Bolsonaro, was almost identical to language used by Donald Trump - Bolsonaro's most prominent international backer - after he lost the 2020 US election to Joe Biden.
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