Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially launched his re-election campaign, as he trails his main rival badly in opinion polls, the BBC reports.
Thousands of the far-right president’s supporters gathered at a stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where he was nominated.
He promised to retain a welfare programme that makes cash payments to poorer Brazilians.
His left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is widely known for his policies to lift people out of poverty.
Mr Bolsonaro’s candidacy was officially endorsed by his right-wing Liberal Party. The election is due to take place on 2 October.
