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Brazilian demonstrators took to the streets protesting “rigged” election results claiming to show far-left candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated populist Jair Bolsonaro in a recent presidential election.
Footage out of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday showed mass protests outside the Eastern Military Command headquarters, where Bolsonaro supporters called on the military to intervene in the election, with some chanting, “Armed forces, save Brazil!” and “United, the people will never be defeated!” according to CBS News.
Brazil protesting the rigged election. pic.twitter.com/NR5qfTShlw
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#BRAZIL: The rain didn’t stop thousands of Brazilians to protest this Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro. pic.twitter.com/Yin5xrb9Oe
— Direto da América (Latest On Brazil) (@DiretoDaAmerica) November 2, 2022
Millions of patriots in every street of Brazil are asking the military leaders to arrest Lula: "We will not allow a corrupt criminal to rule us!" The greatest mass demonstration in history. pic.twitter.com/If77vKM9k0
— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) November 2, 2022
One video out of the hundreds of astonishing images coming out of the region showed a little girl bring military guardsmen flowers, which they accepted.
Sweet. A little girl brings flowers & flag of Brazil to military during the nation's election protest.
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— New World Odor
(@hugh_mankind) November 2, 2022
Photos on the ground by Getty Images photographers failed to capture the grand scale of the demonstrations, with one Twitter user estimating the number of protesters to be in the “millions.”
Footage from Tuesday showed Brazilian truckers and farmers working in tandem to shut down traffic on major freeways in opposition to the election results, with demands that the military overturn the results and arrest Lula.
BREAKING: Truckers and farmers in Brazil are working together to oppose the election results
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#Brazil #Brazilelections pic.twitter.com/06VCS7Whum
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) November 1, 2022
BREAKING: Truck drivers in Brazil close the country's main highways in protest of the election results
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) November 1, 2022
Truckers, farmers and patriots take over Brazil. They ask the military leaders to arrest Lula:
"We will not allow a corrupt criminal to rule us!"
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) November 1, 2022
The protests have continued despite reports Wednesday claiming Bolsonaro conceded defeat, according to a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin who spoke with him for over an hour.
From Al Jazeera:
After a private meeting with Bolsonaro later that day, Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin said the former army captain had said, “It is over. So, let’s look ahead.” The justice made the comment in a video broadcast on local media.
Reuters reports police made headway to quell protests and remove roadblocks by Wednesday evening.
