Deepfakes Are Being Used to Puncture Politicians’ Bluster

A YouTuber with an unhealthy obsession with 1990s female songstresses is slowly eroding the credibility of Brazil’s government

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia
FFWD
Published in
5 min readDec 5, 2019

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In May, a video showing Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro dressed up as Chapulin Colorado — a famous character from a 1970’s Mexican TV show — went…

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Raphael Tsavkko Garcia
FFWD
Writer for

Journalist, PhD in Human Rights (University of Deusto). MA in Communication Sciences, BA in International Relations. www.tsavkko.com.br