BRAZILIAN democracy prevailed during elections in October despite efforts by far-right social media militias to discredit the voting system, the head of the national electoral authority said on Monday.

Allegations that electronic voting machines were vulnerable to fraud were aimed at changing the political system, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes told a business conference on Brazil in New York.

Mr Moraes has been a thorn in President Jair Bolsonaro’s side, opening investigations into him and his far-right allies, but he did not mention the head of state by name.