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Moreira Salles Brothers Back Progressive Candidates, Oppose Bolsonaro

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC · How we work

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João and Walter Moreira Salles publicly oppose right-leaning presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
They inherit the Itaú Unibanco Holding fortune valued at $17.6 billion.
They donate heavily to progressive and left-leaning congressional candidates.
They produce journalism and films that criticize Bolsonaro’s conservative positions.
João called Flávio “a mediocre man without expression, without history and without ideas.”

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João and Walter Moreira Salles publicly oppose right-leaning presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
They inherit the Itaú Unibanco Holding fortune valued at $17.6 billion.
They donate heavily to progressive and left-leaning congressional candidates.
They produce journalism and films that criticize Bolsonaro’s conservative positions.
João called Flávio “a mediocre man without expression, without history and without ideas.”