FILE PHOTO: Brazilian Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro attends a session of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the Chambers of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, took over the leadership of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) in the lower house of Congress on Monday in a bruising struggle for control of the party that is not over.
With active canvassing by his father, Bolsonaro succeeded gathering enough supporters to oust the PSL's current leader in the chamber, Delegado Waldir, who admitted defeat in a video on social media.
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