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Tens of thousands of people aligned with President Jair Bolsonaro held protests\\u2014at his direction. Yet the numbers are increasingly aligned against him as he eyes next year\\u2019s elections. Conspiracy theories are nothing new, but politicians espousing them, and exploiting them to great effect, make them much more than harmless tales. And a listen to the disappearing sounds of old Beijing.

Additional Beijing audio courtesy of Colin Chinnery.

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