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Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon

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Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become president

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Section: World news
By: Tom Phillips
Published: Oct 10, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 12, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC

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Flávio Bolsonaro

Brazilian politician (born 1981)

Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro is a Brazilian lawyer and politician serving as a senator for Rio de Janeiro since 2019. A son of the 38th president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, he is affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL). He previously served as a state deputy of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 to 2019.

Marina Silva

Brazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)

Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima, known as Marina Silva, is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from 2003 to 2008. She is the founder and former spokeswoman of the Sustainability Network (REDE). A former senator for the state of Acre between 1995 and 2011, she has been a federal deputy for the state of São Paulo since 2023. She ran unsuccessfully for president in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

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Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon

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