‘It’s not just Flávio’: is surname-dropping son downplaying Bolsonaro connection?

Many Brazilians believe there is a ploy to free the younger Bolsonaro from baggage of his father’s name to return the family to power He possesses one of the most famous family names in Latin American politics. But when the Brazilian senator took to the stage at a conservative conference in Grapevine, Texas, last weekend it was only his forename that was on people’s lips. “Flávio! Flávio! Flávio!” the audience shouted as the 44-year-old politician announced he would run for president in order...

By Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro