Boos and applause for president Temer at the annual military parade in Brasilia

Thursday, September 8th 2016 - 03:30 UTC

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Temer left the Rolls Royce and the sash and preferred a low key closed vehicle trying to downplay protests

The military parade in the center of Brasilia kicked off nationwide events marking Brazil's September 7 Independence Day

Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, was booed at an annual military parade in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday, his first public outing since taking power last week. “Out with Temer!” shouted protesters at the heavily policed ceremony. Supporters of Temer applauded the new leader.

Temer, who was sworn in as president after the removal from office of Dilma Rousseff in an impeachment trial, ditched the traditional open top Rolls Royce used for the parade, instead using a closed presidential vehicle.

Apparently wishing to remain low-key, the new president also did not wear the usual sash over his dark suit.

The military parade in the center of Brasilia kicked off nationwide events marking Brazil's September 7 Independence Day. However, there were also protests around the country in support of Rousseff, an unpopular leftist leader who was found guilty by the Senate of breaking accounting laws.

Later Wednesday, Temer attended the opening of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Temer, also shown by polls to be deeply unpopular, promises to embark on deep reforms to steer Brazil further to the right in hopes of ending the deepest recession since the 1930s. At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last month he was loudly booed.

Categories: Politics, Brazil, International, Mercosur.

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Jack Bauer
Note : the protesters who were transported to the event in buses hired by the PT were wearing red 'T' shirts and munching on their baloney sandwiches....and when they went home, they were R$ 30 richer....
Sep 08th, 2016 - 06:03 pm 0
ChrisR
So Temer got some applause?

That is a move in the right direction.

Seems DumbAss's supporters learnt a few tricks from TMBOA and we know where that got her.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 06:53 pm 0
Briton
I thought they were broke,
obviously not.
Sep 08th, 2016 - 07:06 pm 0

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