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Brazil: Massive Election Protests Continue for Sixth Consecutive Day

National File: Similar to the 2020 U.S. election, all questioning of the election has been censored on social media despite numerous irregularities.

Tens-of-thousands of protesters packed the streets of dozens of Brazil’s largest cities and towns for the sixth consecutive day on Saturday. The protesters have called for the Brazilian Armed Forces to intervene on behalf of current President Jair Bolsonaro, citing numerous irregularities, including nearly 6 million “invalid” votes. Posts questioning the election have been promptly censored by global social media giants, including YouTube, while numerous elected politicians have been locked out of their accounts. A top judicial official has vowed to treat anyone questioning the election or participating in “anti-democratic acts” as “criminals.”

Pro-Bolsonaro protesters have packed the streets of the nation’s largest cities, including Rio De Janeiro, São Paulo and the capital of Brasilia, as well as hundreds of smaller municipalities, for six consecutive days. Protesters have surrounded army installations demanding intervention.

The nation’s electoral authority stated that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — the nation’s former leftist president who was previously jailed for corruption — received roughly 51% of the vote, defeating Bolsonaro by a little over 2 million votes. This is a far lower tally than the total number of “invalid” ballots cast in the election, however, which number over 5,700,000.

“We hope the army will intervene in this situation, we know that those elections were fraudulent,” Reinaldo da Silva, 65, a retired government worker who attended a protest outside a São Paulo army barracks, told Reuters. “I came today because I want Brasil to be free, socialism does not work with the Brazilian nation.”

In the nation’s capital, a number of protesters have set up camp outside National Army Headquarters demanding the army to investigate the election and intervene.

As of Sunday, large rallies have been reported in 24 of 26 Brazilian states, according to Brazilian online media portal G1. more

16 Comments on Brazil: Massive Election Protests Continue for Sixth Consecutive Day

  1. There’s rumor that the Brazilian Ministry of Defense has declared that the 2022 election fraudulent, and that the Brazilian civilian government has been suspended until the emergency situation has been resolved.

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  2. TSUNAMI
    NOVEMBER 6, 2022 AT 11:07 AM
    “There’s rumor that the Brazilian Ministry of Defense has declared that the 2022 election fraudulent, and that the Brazilian civilian government has been suspended until the emergency situation has been resolved.”

    …now imagine if that happened HERE, leaving Miley and Austin to determine our future at the point of a sword.

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  3. …I’m surprised Pedo isn’t giving Brazil’s illegitimate Marxist government nukes and F-15s, guess he figures he’ll need them all HIMSELF after the “elections” HERE this week…

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  4. @TRF November 6, 2022 at 11:27 am

    > I think Miley and Austin are disciples of Mao:
    > Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

    “This is your weapon.
    This is your”…

    Oh, sorry. You’re right.

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  5. @NS November 6, 2022 at 11:57 am

    > WE should have done this every day until Pedo was deposed.
    >
    > We wouldn’t be here now if we did that then.

    Yes. We would.

    Allowing The Party to decide the replacement, you will kneel before, that is acceptable to The Party, for you to kneel before, does not change your place. Nor your destination.

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