Profile Jair Bolsonaro: The boor from Brazil

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Name: Jair Bolsonaro

Age:63

Appearance: tall, dark and dangerous with greying hair and wild eyes

Newsworthiness: the far-right candidate was elected president of Brazil last week, defeating leftist Fernando Haddad with 55 per cent of the vote

It’s more than two-and-a-half years since a journalist and friend, originally from Belfast but living in Brazil, spent a day with Jair Bolsonaro. My friend was working for Vice, and his story came right after ...