Bolsonaro's base comes from three groups known as beef, Bible, and bullets. He has built for them this kind of parallel, paranoid world that's untethered from reality. Lula on the other hand has based his campaign around the argument that things were much better when he was president.
In Brazil, fears are growing that if Jair Bolsonaro loses in October, as polls suggest is likely, he may try to stage a coup or foment violence. He’s been sowing distrust in the country’s electoral system, and many of his supporters are well-armed. Should school lunches be free? And why the gap between the number of boys and girls born in India is narrowing.
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