Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff

<p>Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody it</p><p>To Flávio Bolsonaro and his publicists, it must have seemed an ingenious idea that would expose his rival’s supposed crookedness on the eve of Brazil’s presidential election.</p><p>But the far-right politician’s decision to attend a primetime television debate against his leftwing opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with the word “corrupto” (corrupt) written on the palm of his hand has backfired.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/flavio-bolsonaro-corrupto-viral-meme-brazil-election-runoff">Continue reading...</a>