BRASILIA (BLOOMBERG) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined supporters protesting against Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Sunday (May 31), stoking concerns of an institutional crisis in the nation that now has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases after the US.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRASILIA - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined supporters protesting against Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Sunday , stoking concerns of an institutional crisis in the nation that now has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases after the US.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain, also mounted a federal police horse in front of the protesters, who were carrying banners attacking the Supreme Court and even calling for military action against it and the Congress. In Sao Paulo, the police lobbed tear gas bombs, and at least five protesters were arrested, local media reported.
The President and the Supreme Court have been at odds on a number of issues, particularly after the court supported restrictive measures imposed by governors to slow the spread of the coronavirus, against the president's push to reopen the economy.
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