Brazil Election Protests

• Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for U.S. 2 days before presidential transition to Lula

  Bolsonaro has repeatedly said he would not hand over the presidential sash to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Sunday's inauguration, breaking with Brazil's democratic tradition.

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  Dec 30, 2022
  
• Brazil’s electoral authority rejects Bolsonaro’s request to toss machine-cast votes

  Bolsonaro's party did not explain how an alleged software bug would have affected the results, and declined to include a review of the first electoral round.

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  Nov 23, 2022
  
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• Bolsonaro contests Brazil election, calls for some machine-cast votes to be tossed

  Such an action would leave Bolsonaro with 51 per cent of the remaining valid votes and secure his re-election as president, the head of his Liberal Party said.

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  Nov 22, 2022
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro avoids conceding election defeat, but allows transition to begin

  It took Bolsonaro more than 44 hours to make his first public remarks since his narrow election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which has led to protests across Brazil.

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  Nov 1, 2022
• Brazilian truckers block roads in protest of Bolsonaro’s election defeat to Lula

  Some truckers at roadblocks called for a military coup to prevent Lula becoming president, as protests spread across the country and threatened to cause economic chaos.

  World

  Oct 31, 2022
• Thousands protest leading far-right presidential candidate in Brazil

  Jair Bolsonaro is leading polls, but also has the highest rejection rate of any candidate. Brazil will vote October 7.

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  Sep 29, 2018