Brazil’s right is scrambling for a candidate in next year’s election after leader Jair Bolsonaro was convicted over a botched coup — and one of the names that keeps cropping up is that of his wife, Michelle.

Poised and deeply devout, Michelle Bolsonaro has embraced the political spotlight in recent years, going viral on social media, addressing large crowds, and fiercely defending her beleaguered husband.

“Any decision regarding possible candidacies will be based on a thorough debate with my husband…and will be the result of much prayer to discern the mission that God may eventually entrust to me,” she said in an interview to AFP.

Jair Bolsonaro is under house arrest and appealing a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after his 2022 election loss, leaving Brazil’s conservatives

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