Right-wing Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidential race
  • 5 years ago
Right-wing candidate (Ja-eer) Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil's presidential election.
Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party was declared the winner on Sunday local time after ninety-five-percent of votes were counted.
According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Bolsonaro won over fifty-five percent of votes to beat left-wing candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party.
Bolsonaro, who is a former army captain, has been an outspoken defender of Brazil’s former military dictatorship and has promised to crackdown on crime and the corruption of Brazil's political elite.
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