‘Brazil is a global pariah’: Lula on his plot to end reign of ‘psychopath’ Bolsonaro |

 

 "The former paratrooper has tried to rally hardcore supporters in recent weeks, organising pro-government rallies and labeling Lula a “nine-fingered crook” and the “son of Satan”.

Lula laughed off those insults as the words of a jittery rival. “For the last two or three years Bolsonaro hardly uttered my name because he thought I was out of the game – and now suddenly he realizes I’m holding all the best cards and if this was poker he would already have lost,” the former president said with a grin.

Lula said he was too old to engage in mudslinging with his adversary: “You’re not dealing with a normal human being. You’re dealing with a psychopath, who lacks the slightest ability to govern.”"

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