Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro talks to the media after a meeting with Archbishop Dom Orani Tempesta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Earlier this week, Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said the presidency was "within reach." Just a day later though, Bolsonaro had to deny he had indulged in the same skullduggery he has often accused his leftist opponents of masterminding.
Despite increasing his lead in an opinion poll over leftist Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad on Thursday, Bolsonaro was forced to deny accusations by Haddad that he had asked business leaders at a dinner in Sao Paulo for funds to pay for bulk propaganda messaging on WhatsApp, which would be a campaign finance violation.
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