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Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro promises 500,000 prison places inspired by the Salvadoran model
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate and described as Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's main rival in October's elections, met in São Paulo with El Salvador's justice and public security minister Gustavo Villatoro and announced he will incorporate measures inspired by President Nayib Bukele's security policy, including a promise of 500,000 prison places. The source includes a quoted comment from the senator: "There are few prisoners in Brazil, there should be more; there are not more only because the legislation is weak."
Categories: politics-and-governance, geopolitics-and-conflicts
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Why it matters
The announcement is framed as part of Bolsonaro's presidential programme and involves a large policy pledge (500,000 prison places) and adoption of measures inspired by a foreign government's security model, making it a national-level campaign policy announcement.