Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have staged a huge demonstration jamming a main avenue in the country's biggest city to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail.
    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Almost 200k people is kinda huge. Not even close to the ~700k they had planned to, or the ~1million they had dreamed about, but it was massive nonetheless

  • Flumpkin@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    We really need to start thinking about how we can reorganize news and social media, because that is how fascism spread their nonsense. We need to somehow get money out of the media, so they are at least owned by their own staff as a kind of trust or coop. This wouldn’t keep anyone from saying what they believe.

  • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Some also carried Israeli flags as a show of defiance to the current president, who has received widespread criticism at home for comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Holocaust.

    These people always had an Israel fetish. Evangelical brainwashing will do that to you.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro staged a huge rally jamming a main avenue in Brazil’s biggest city Sunday to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail.

    Bolsonaro is seeking to show his base is resilient as he is being investigated by federal police over his alleged role in the Jan. 8, 2023, attacks on government buildings by his supporters over his election loss.

    Many of the participants complained Bolsonaro is being persecuted by Brazil’s Supreme Court and claimed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva unfairly won his narrow victory in the 2022 election.

    Some also carried Israeli flags as a show of defiance to the current president, who has received widespread criticism at home for comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Holocaust.

    Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030 due to two convictions of abuse of power, but he remains active in Brazilian politics as the main adversary for left-of-center Lula.

    Workers’ Party chairwoman Gleisi Hoffmann was one of the few high profile adversaries of the former president to make comments about the pro-Bolsonaro event in Sao Paulo.

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