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Violent Protests Erupt On Eve Of Planned Demonstrations

BRAZIL
  • Brazil out for Independence Day holiday, however, market participants will be focused on the planned social demonstrations that have already started in parts of the country.
  • Supporters of President Bolsonaro broke through police roadblocks Monday night that had sought to prevent access to the capital's central mall. (NP)
  • Forced entry into the mall, called the Esplanade of Ministries, heightened a sense of alert ahead of Tuesday's demonstration, which some analysts have warned runs a risk of resembling the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
  • Footage published by the Brasilia-based news website Metrópoles showed military police using pepper spray to repel a crowd of cheering Bolsonaristas in the early hours of Tuesday. (Guardian)
  • As of late Monday, Bolsonaro supporters had reached the opposite end of the mall, where police stood guard behind metal barricades outside the Congress and the Supreme Court.
  • Convoys of trucks and busses have been streaming toward the capital of Brasilia and Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, where the nation's two biggest demonstrations are set to take place Tuesday and Bolsonaro will speak. (Evening Standard)

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