'Homosexual face' - Brazilian president uses bizarre insult during spray at press amid corruption in
Source: Associated Press
'Homosexual face' - Brazilian president uses bizarre insult during spray at press amid corruption investigation
2:35PM SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out at journalists on Friday, singling out one as looking like a homosexual, amid news reports of a corruption investigation linked to his son.
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Prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro are investigating allegations the younger Bolsonaro hired employees with no duties while he was a state legislator. Another investigation is probing whether those "phantom" workers kicked back part of their salaries to then be laundered through a chocolate shop he co-owns.
In a video posted to Faceook, the younger Bolsonaro has delivered a lengthy denial of all wrongdoing.
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At a routine morning meeting with journalists in the capital, the president complained that media have accused him of being a racist and committing crimes against the environment.
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That, as you may know, is how Bolsonazi won last year to begin with: by getting a kangaroo court to lock up Lula da Silva - who would've beaten him by 20 points or more.
But that's Latin American politics for you: always with an element of Torquemada.
Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva leaves prison on Nov. 8 following a court ruling against the excessive of use of detention while convictions are on appeal (a common problem in Brazil and throughout the region).
Arguably his country's most prominent political prisoner, he was convicted last year solely on testimony from a contractor kept in a rat-infested dungeon until he incriminated him.
The UN considers his detention arbitrary.
These are our leaders. 
