Brazilian Presidential Candidate Flvio Bolsonaro Decries Political Persecution By Government

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks with journalists after leaving the Federal Police headquarters where his father is being held in Brasilia on Dec. 9, 2025. Ton MOLINA/AFP via Getty ImagesBrazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro decried what he characterized as a prevailing culture of “political persecution” within the nation’s government, which he said was particularly directed against conservatives.“Brazil is not going through an easy moment. We don’t have a healthy democracy in our country,” Bolsonaro, son of the embattled former president of Brazil, told EpochTV’s Jan Jekeliek in an interview. “There is a lot of political persecution, especially against those on the right, symbolized by President Jair Bolsonaro, the greatest victim of this lawfare.”