RARELY has the aphorism “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” been more apt…

Doctors said Mr Bolsonaro will be hospitalised for at least a week. But with a month left before the first round of the election on October 7th, he has now been made into a near-martyr. “I just want to send a message to the thugs who tried to ruin the life of a family man, a guy who is the hope for millions of Brazilians,” said his son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who is himself running for a seat in the Senate representing the state of Rio de Janeiro. “You just elected him president.”  – Economist