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This week’s R&D is on recent developments in Brazilian politics. President Jair Bolsonaro recently called on his supporters to gather in the capital of Brasilia to express their support for his administration and protest the actions of the nation’s Supreme Court. Brazil will not have a presidential election until fall, but observers fear that Bolsonaro is riling up his base to challenge the result of that election. There were also fears that Bolsonaro’s backers would try to overrun the Supreme Court building, which would be Brazil’s version of the January 6 Capitol riot in the United States.
Tuesday’s protests across Brazil demonstrated that President Bolsonaro may be too weak to stage a coup, but he is still strong enough to remain in power and produce a permanent constitutional crisis. @OliverStuenkel writes in @AmerQuarterly: https://t.co/ZhdH9BqXFn
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) September 9, 2021
Brazil’s next presidential election is 13 months away, but already President Jair Bolsonaro has set out on a path that puts him on a collision course with democracy. https://t.co/Mpyo0KYrqP
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) September 5, 2021
Protests called by President Jair Bolsonaro for Brazil’s independence day turned out peaceful. But reasons for deep worry remain, @hoganem tells “The Intelligence” https://t.co/wB1C9J9zCx
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 8, 2021
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is temporarily banning social media companies from removing certain content — one of the most significant steps by a democratically elected leader to control what can be said on the internet. https://t.co/8lUy39EYbg
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 9, 2021
New in Opinion from @oppenheimera: Brazil’s far-right Bolsonaro threatens to disrupt democracy — and take down his country | Opinion https://t.co/0RNf2G236q
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) September 8, 2021
Brazil chief justice says top court ‘will not tolerate threats’ https://t.co/0D0xWwuZmJ pic.twitter.com/JNB37f9ksN
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 9, 2021
Large protests called by Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, amid his warnings of election fraud, have led many in the country to fear that he is replaying former President Donald J. Trump’s moves in advance of the 2020 elections https://t.co/EC0WwyytP5
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 7, 2021
President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on his attacks on Brazil’s electronic voting system, telling a massive Independence Day rally he refused to take part in an election “farce” in 2022.https://t.co/QnhLXxyT0Q
— The Hindu (@the_hindu) September 8, 2021
Brazil on edge as Bolsonaro supporters march on Congress https://t.co/kkKe1miTWz
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 7, 2021
Truckers have snarled traffic on several Brazilian highways in a show of support for President Jair Bolsonaro even as he pleaded for them to let cars pass. A joint bulletin said truckers were concentrated on federal highways in 15 of Brazil’s 27 states. https://t.co/Y7cheis6fw
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 9, 2021