There was fraud in US election: Bolsonaro

Speaking to reporters while casting a ballot in municipal races, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro echoed President Donald Trump's allegations of irregularities in the U.S. vote.

Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro - who sometimes has embraced the label "Trump of the Tropics" - indicated on Sunday he'll wait a little longer before recognizing the U.S. election victory of Joe Biden.

"I have my sources of information... that there was a lot of fraud there," he said.

He also expressed doubts about Brazil's current electronic voting system, which he has suggested is vulnerable to fraud.

He has urged the country to go back to a paper ballot system for the 2022 presidential election.

The conservative Brazilian leader has appealed to the same sort of right-wing populist base in Brazil that Trump has courted in the United States, and has welcomed comparisons to the U.S. president.

Like Trump, he has embraced unproven treatments for COVID-19 and has campaigned to ease restrictions meant to combat it, arguing the economic loss is more damaging than the illness itself.

AP

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