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Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro works on a coalition

By Reuters | Oct. 8, 2018

**Composite photo of Jair Bolsonaro (left) and Fernando Haddad (right)**.[Courtesy]

The main political adviser to Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said he will work Monday to stitch together alliances with individual lawmakers to ensure a runoff victory for the former Army captain.

Congressman Onyx Lorenzoni said he was making good on Bolsonaro’s campaign pledge to end a system of horse-trading between party leaders in Brazilian politics, blamed for endemic corruption as past leaders wielded vast patronage in exchange for legislative support.

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