The international community must signal that it will not tolerate “the premature death of Brazilian democracy”, one of Jair Bolsonaro’s main rivals has said after Brazil’s far-right president intensified his attacks on the South American country’s electoral system. Demonstrators take to the streets to protest the government of Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro. Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly assailed Brazil’s electronic voting system in recent weeks. Gomes also had harsh words for his leftwing rival Lula, in whose first administration he served as a minister. He ignored everything I said,” said Gomes, who claimed he could have defeated Bolsonaro with the support of PT voters and Lula.

Source: The Guardian July 16, 2021 09:00 UTC