The “Tropical Trump" topping the polls in Brazil
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Jair Bolsonaro, the front-runner in Brazil’s presidential election, is famously tough on crime and infamous for his unashamedly controversial comments. Katy Watson meets supporters of the man drawing comparisons to Donald Trump.
Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from around the world.
On the shores of Lake Prespa, Maria Margaronis visits Greece’s little-known Macedonian speaking population.
In Tehran, Lois Pryce meets Issa Omidvar whose globetrotting adventures were documented in a weekly TV show in the 1960s and is now advising young Iranians on how to satisfy their wanderlust
In India, Laura Dawson meets young women who’ve been abandoned by their families but are finding new hope in a government-backed refuge.
And while international courts and tribunals have given hope to victims of atrocities in many parts of the world, Fergal Keane reflect that there has been no justice for the majority of those killed in Uganda’s past conflicts.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello. |
| 0:04.0 | Today a name matters in Macedonia where they're preparing to vote on whether to change their |
| 0:10.4 | country's name. We're in Greece to hear of the struggles of Macedonian speakers there. |
| 0:17.0 | Iranians are facing the struggle to travel these days. In Tehran, we meet an 85-year-old former TV star who is encouraging the young to dream of |
| 0:27.0 | roaming the world, however unrealistic the prospect. |
| 0:31.6 | In India, we visit a refuge offering hope to women who've been abandoned by their families. |
| 0:37.0 | And in Uganda, we hear that the victims of its past conflicts may never see justice. |
| 0:44.4 | Next weekend Brazilians will go to the polls for the first round of presidential elections. |
| 0:49.7 | Today more than a million women are expected to join protest marches against the controversial right-wing |
| 0:55.6 | front-runner Jayir Bolsonaro, a man notorious for his sexist and homophobicophobic comments. |
| 1:02.6 | Bolsonaro is expected to win the most votes, and together with the left-wing candidate |
| 1:08.0 | Fernando Hadad, progressed to the second round at the end of October. |
| 1:12.4 | But one recent poll suggests that more |
| 1:14.6 | than 10% of voters may choose to spoil their ballots. These are the most |
| 1:19.1 | uncertain elections in years and as Katie Watson has found Brazil is deeply divided. |
| 1:26.0 | Whenever you ask a Brazilian about politics these days they usually reply with |
| 1:31.1 | no sce that compla, which roughly translates as, geez, it's so complicated. |
| 1:37.6 | For some, it's an excuse not to engage, exhausted and embittered by a long-running corruption scandal and a long-running corruption scandal |
| 1:44.0 | and a long-term culture of political graft, |
| 1:47.0 | they've lost interest. |
| 1:48.0 | For others, the candidates leave them confused |
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