Thousands of protesters marched in Brazil on Saturday in opposition of a far-right presidential candidate known as the “Trump of the Tropics.”

Marches against Jair Bolsonaro took place in at least 27 cities, according to The Associated Press.

Bolsonaro has styled himself as an advocate for "traditional" Brazilian values, which critics have said indicates support for a return to dictatorship. He has shown a strong lead in the polls going into the Oct. 28 runoff election.

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The candidate, who has been criticized for derogatory comments about women, gay people and minorities, has an 18-point lead over Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad, according to a recent poll.

At Saturday’s demonstrations, marchers carried gay pride flags, banners reading “More Love and Less Hatred” and chanted “Not him!” the AP reported.

Many also reportedly carried signs and photos praising Bolsonaro’s opponent, the former São Paulo mayor.

Tiago Silva, a philosophy teacher marching on Saturday in São Paulo, told the AP that Bolsonaro’s views echo “the fascism, intolerance and violence we are seeing in Europe and in the United States."

"It will be a disaster if he wins — and it looks like he will," Silva told the AP.