Flavio Bolsonaro: In the name of the father, sons, and holy ideology

Will “Son No. 1” become the second president from the Bolsonaro family? Flavio, the eldest of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s five children, is neck-and-neck in the polls with incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the country heads to the polls Sunday in the first round of the presidential election. Jair Bolsonaro is likely following his 45-year-old son’s campaign closely. For the patriarch, this is not just a matter of family pride. Sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after his convicting for plotting a coup following his 2022 election defeat, the former president is surely rooting for his son. “Bolsonaro Junior”, the Liberal Party’s candidate, has promised to grant his dad a pardon as soon as he assumes Brazil’s highest office. But first, the eldest son must defeat incumbent President Lula. That is not a foregone conclusion. Brand Bolsonaro Flavio Bolsonaro is widely considered a shadow of his father. He is not a “charismatic and popular leader", said Andreza Aruska, director of the Brazil Institute at King’s College London. “He’s not a great orator either and he can come across as lacking in self-confidence,” added Corneel Weyers, a Brazil spe...