Brazil: Bolsonaro in homophobic outburst as corruption scandal swirls
Critics interpret president’s attack on journalist as attempt to divert attention from spiralling scandal involving son Flavio
Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a homophobic attack on a journalist from one of the country’s top newspapers in an apparent bid to divert attention from a spiraling corruption scandal involving his son.
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