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Brazil: Far-Right Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro Stabbed

HeadlineSep 07, 2018

In Brazil, far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized Thursday after he was stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in southern Brazil. Bolsonaro is expected to spend a week at the hospital with a perforated intestine. Bolsonaro has a long history of making racist and homophobic comments. He has encouraged police to kill suspected drug dealers, and has routinely praised Brazil’s former military dictatorship, saying it should have killed more people.

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