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Major Brazil conservative party to stay neutral in presidential race, hurting Bolsonaro bid

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  1. Brazil's Progressives Party decided to stay neutral in the October presidential election.

  2. The decision is a setback for Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, a conservative frontrunner.

  3. Bolsonaro had tried to pick a Progressives member as his running mate.

  4. The Progressives Party is one of Brazil's largest right-wing parties.

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