PoliticsBrazil’s Lula says only he can stop fascism’s rise under Bolsonaro’s son

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a large rally in Rio de Janeiro before Sunday’s election, saying he was the only barrier to the return of his far-right rival Flávio Bolsonaro’s family to government. Lula framed the contest as a choice between democracy and what he called far-right “fascism” and “barbarism.”

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