Brazilian students in Rio de Janeiro march against the prospect of another Bolsonaro presidency
Protesters demanded protection for public education and democracy amid fears of social spending cuts after the pandemic claimed 700,000 lives, according to participants.
- Thousands of students marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to protest against election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro, who led the first-round vote held on Sunday.
- Flavio Bolsonaro, 45-year-old son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, surged ahead in voting, sparking fears among the left about a return to far-right policies and his father's controversial legacy.
- With signs declaring "Never Again Bolsonaro," protesters including Alice Carneiro, a 25-year-old maritime shipping administrator, voiced concerns about discrimination and potential cuts to federal university funding.
- President Luiz Inacio Lula is restructuring his campaign with a major focus on social media, where the right has held advantage, posting video content on Wednesday for the first time.
- With neither candidate reaching the 50% hurdle to win outright, Bolsonaro and Lula face a runoff on October 25; other right-wing candidates polled over eight million votes combined, complicating the left's path forward.
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Thousands of Brazilian students marched through the streets of downtown Rio de Janeiro on October 7 to protest against the possibility of Flavio Bolsonaro becoming the country’s president. The demonstrators carried banners calling for Brazil’s sovereignty and democracy and chanted that these values were under threat. The march passed between two historic squares in the city center. At Cinelandia Square, chants of support for incumbent President …
Thousands of students in Rio de Janeiro protested against the possible election of Flávio Bolsonaro. Prior to the run-off election on 25 October, he was in front of Lula.
The presidential candidates, Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, set themselves in order of battle in view of the second round. At the call of student organizations, a crowd surveyed downtown Rio to express its fears in the event of a return to power of the right. Other demonstrations are planned "Never again Bolsonaro": thousands of people took part on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro in a march against Flavio Bolsonaro, the favourite of the presidential ele…
Anti-Bolsonaro protest in Rio attracts thousands
Thousands of people have marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro in a student protest against election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro and the prospect of the far-right's return to power in Brazil, as the campaign for a runoff election swung into action.
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