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Djonga, who was part of Nike's official campaign for the Brazilian World Cup kit, told a crowd at one concert that wearing the shirt in public was an act of protest. "They [Bolsonaro supporters] think everything is theirs, they appropriate the meaning of family, they…

"The shirt has become stained with political meaning since 2014," says Mateus Gamba Torres, a history professor at the University of Brasília. Eight years ago, millions of Brazilians took to the streets to protest against the then-President, Dilma Rousseff, dressed in the colours of the…

or newspaper seller Felipe Damasceno, bitter politics has consumed his news stand these past few months - but there is an end in sight. "Sunday will be a watershed moment," he says. "When we decide whether to continue with the same politics we have now…

It's become so extreme that even the Pope spoke out this week, asking Brazil's patron saint to free Brazilians from hate, intolerance and violence ahead of the elections. Pastor Valdinei Ferreira, from Sao Paulo's Evangelical Cathedral, rejects this politicisation of religion. "Faith has been seized…

That's much like the two men on the campaign trail, fine-tuning their tactics for the second round and targeting voters that could win them the presidency. The campaign has descended into a holy war as the candidates vie for millions of religious votes. Lula has…