Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of using the Queen’s funeral as a political soapbox after he flew into London to deliver a speech to supporters about the dangers of leftists, abortion and 'gender ideology'.
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Reports in the Brazilian media claimed Bolsonaro’s team saw this as a golden opportunity to boost his flagging re-election campaign by rubbing shoulders with world leaders who have largely shunned him since he came to power in 2019.

The far-right president and climate crisis denier - who looks poised to lose next month’s presidential election in Brazil – also used his UN general assembly statement to reiterate baseless claims about the state of the Amazon forest.

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