Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated
A woman holds a fan with the image of ‘Lula’ da Silva during a Black Women’s March in Rio de Janeiro, 31 July.telling foreign diplomats that Brazil’s electronic voting system is not reliableHis supporters have attacked two Lula rallies in recent weeks, throwing faeces, urine and a crude explosive device at Lula backers, as well asPoliticians and poll watchers fear that political violence will only escalate ahead of the 2 October elections for president, congress and 27 state governors.
The wording was removed from the eventual bill but under Bolsonaro’s watch congress has passed 20 different measures. In the first two years of his government alone the number of gun licenses issued in Brazil rose by 65% to more than 1m, according to the NGO Instituto Sou da Paz. “There is good reason to fear a possible Brazilian January 6 kind of situation,” said Nunes. “The conditions are there for this to happen.”
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