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The artist posted a video of the work on social media, accompanied by a caption written in a strongly ironic tone.

The 'Candidato Vieira', a character created by Manuel João Vieira, has reached the front page of The Guardian. The British newspaper highlighted the satirical candidacy in its article about this Sunday's Portuguese presidential election. The article appears in the 'In Focus' section of the homepage. In an article titled “Ferraris for everyone and free-flowing wine: satirical candidate stirs up the ...”

To the tune of 'No Céu Azul' by his band Irmãos Catita, Manuel João Vieira, a candidate in the presidential race, promises—in his usual humorous style—a luxury car factory to supply “the whole Iberian Peninsula.” Twenty-one years ago, after an earlier, unrealised candidacy, he was writing political commentary for the newspaper BLITZ, arguing that “citizen intervention is the only way to save politics.”
