Trucker blockades in Brazil increase in wake of Bolsonaro election defeat

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Source: reuters






October 31, 20227:28 PM CDT Last Updated 4 hours ago



By Ana Man, Roberto Samora and Andre Romani



SAO PAULO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Truckers who support Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro escalated their protests on Monday, blocking roads throughout the country in actions that could affect exports in one of the world's top food producers and cause wider economic chaos.

Bolsonaro lost Sunday's election to leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but has yet to concede defeat. He will not publicly address his defeat until Tuesday, a cabinet minister said on Monday evening, amid doubts over whether the far-right nationalist will accept Lula's victory.


Video footage showed some truckers at roadblocks calling for a military coup to prevent Lula becoming president, as protests spread from Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina to Parana, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias and Bahia.
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In Brasilia, police shut off traffic access to the central government esplanade on a tip that Bolsonaro supporters were planning to occupy the square in front of the Supreme Court, which they consider has acted to favor Lula.


Brazil's federal highway police said 321 protests had partially or fully blocked roads in 26 states. Truckers - who have benefited from Bolsonaro policies such as lowering diesel costs - are one of the president's key constituencies, and they have been known to disrupt Brazil's economy when they shut down highways......................

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-famato-says-does-not-support-protestor-roadblocks-could-disrupt-2022-10-31/

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Maddow did an excellent segment tonight detailing How Bolsonaro took a page from Trumps playbook on how to plant doubt in elections.

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[1/6] An aerial view shows demonstrators burning tires to block federal roads during a protest the day after the Brazilian presidential election run-off, in Varzea Grande in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Rogerio Florentino

[Sneederbunk]

1. Sounds like the Brazilian version of Trumpers.

[SheltieLover]

2. Doing pootin's work

[Happy Hoosier]

10. It's not like Lula is anti-Russian....

He went out of the way the other day to "both sides" the Ukraine war, saying Zelensky "wanted" war and blaming NATO or not proimising to exclude Ukraine. All he said about Putin was that he shouldn;t have invaded Ukraine. Ya fuckin' think!?

So yeah, fuck Lula too. Tired of the Putin apologists.

But obviously, I prefer him to the fascist Bolsonaro. It's just a shit sandwich either way, IMO. One just has slightly less shit on it.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Oh goodie...

More tRump/Bannon spread populism...here comes dictatorship right around the corner.

[dalton99a]

4. They'll attack the Brazilian Congress next

[PortTack]

5. Throwing temper tantrums..so adult of them. Give 'em a day or so. Just like trumphumpers they

Wanna go home, sit in the recliner, yell at the wife and the cat

[JohnSJ]

6. Wtf is wrong with these people. Then again, it was no secret that Brasil and some other countries

had no problem welcoming nazi war criminals after WWII

[dembotoz]

7. it is not over yet

folks where please when it seemed peaceful results....

too soon?????

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

8. Lock them up now. No quarter for fascist enemies of democracy.

Give fascists an inch, and they'll take a mile.

[Marthe48]

9. I'd like to see that

They are traitors, they are undermining governments across the world. It doesn't seem it'll stop on its own, because these mouthy poor sports pour gas on the fire at every opportunity.

Unfortunatley, capitalism and democracy are closely intertwined, and if the dominoes fall, goodbye civilization. Societal collapse happened in region of Mesopotamia (for different reasons) before the rise of the Greek culture, and if it happens now, it'll be the end of the world as we know it. No guarantee that what comes next would be as elevating as Greek culture, and with the dystopian view of the future, I feel we would lose more than we gain.