Tag: Brazil protest

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Hot winter in Brazil: rival demonstrations for and against Bolsonaro in main cities

  

  Brazilians took to the streets in Sao Paulo and Brasilia for rival demonstrations on Sunday for and against President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been widely criticized over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazilian military “not worried”, with strikers; protests are protected by the Constitution

  

  Brazil's Minister of Institutional Security Sergio Etchegoyen on Tuesday rejected calls to deploy military troops to break up protracted nationwide protests against fuel price hikes. Etchegoyen, a general appointed by President Michel Temer, said such a heavy-handed response was outdated.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:54 UTC

  Chaos taking hold of Brazil; a desperate Temer calls in the military to restore order

  

  Brazil’s president ordered the military to restore order in the country’s capital Wednesday after some government ministries were evacuated during clashes between police and protesters who are seeking the leader’s ouster. Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched to Congress to protest economic reforms that President Michel Temer is pushing through and to demand he step down amid a corruption scandal.