Updated 7:15 pm CDT, Sunday, October 28, 2018
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, sing the national anthem in front of his house during the presidential runoff election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Bolsonaro is running against leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party. Photo: Silvia Izquierdo, AP / Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The latest on Brazil's presidential runoff (all times local):
8:50 p.m.
The conservative presidents of Argentina and Chile are congratulating Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right congressman who won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation Sunday.
In his congratulatory tweet, Argentine President Mauricio Macri added: "I hope to work together for the good of the relationship of our countries and the welfare of Argentines and Brazilians."
SAO PAULO (AP) — The latest on Brazil's presidential runoff (all times local):
8:50 p.m.
The conservative presidents of Argentina and Chile are congratulating Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right congressman who won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation Sunday.
In his congratulatory tweet, Argentine President Mauricio Macri added: "I hope to work together for the good of the relationship of our countries and the welfare of Argentines and Brazilians."
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President Sebastian Pinera of Chile used Twitter to send praise to Brazil, saying: "I congratulate the Brazilian people for a clean and democratic election."
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/The-Latest-Brazilians-begin-voting-for-next-13342943.php
(Both leaders, Macri and Pinera, have been publicly known, like Bolsonaro, for years, for their complete support for their countries' earlier military dictatorships, which also kidnapped, tortured, and disappeared many suspected leftists.)
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