Salvini hails Bolsonaro's success in Brazil

(ANSA) - Rome, October 8 - Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday hailed the success of rightwing candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil's presidential election. "Brazil is changing too!," Salvini, the leader of the rightwing League party, said via Twitter. "Left defeated and fresh air! #goBolsonarogo".
    Bolsonaro won around 46% of the vote in the first round.
    He will face Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad, who got around 29%, in the runoff.