FAR RIGHT
A Bolsonaro tries to sound like anyone else
A set of videos portrays Flávio Bolsonaro as a moderate politician and a family man.
Flávio Bolsonaro is aiming at a different target than his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. In recent days, the senator has released two videos that sketch the contours of his pitch to swing voters — Brazilians weighing him against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and still unconvinced that either is fit to govern. The two videos — one 1:35 long, the other 2:46 — matter as much for what they omit as for what they say, often without a shred of subtlety…
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