Brazillians Cast Ballots As Right- Wing Candidate Leads In Polls

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1. The secret of his success? The current dictator threw Lula da Silva in jail to bar him from running

da Silva would have beaten Bolsonaro handily had he been allowed to run.

To prevent that, they framed him on a charge of bribery (using as evidence a $700,000 apartment no one could show he owned).

In neighboring Argentina, the current far-right president (whom Bolsonaro strongly supports, but who's driven the economy into the ditch) is trying to do the same with former President Crisitna Kirchner - whom polls show would win by 10% if she ran next year.

In the '70s the South American far right used coups; now they use pet judges.

Thanks for posting this, appalachiablue.