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Brazil | People protest against granting of amnesty to Bolsonaro
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3/30/2025
TeleSUR correspondent Brian Mier reports on the thousands of Brazilians that took to the streets in cities across Brazil today to protest an attempt by far-right members of congress to grant amnesty to former President Jair Bolsonaro. teleSUR
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Thousands of union workers and social movement activists took to the streets of eight cities
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in Brazil today to protest a move by Brazilian far-right to try to keep former President
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Jair Bolsonaro out of jail.
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Our correspondent Brian Meir has more details.
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On March 30th, social movements and union workers came out to the streets of eight of
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Brazil's largest cities to protest an attempt by a far-right coalition in Congress to introduce
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a bill that, if passed, would grant amnesty to hundreds of people who have been indicted
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for alleged involvement in the January 2023 military coup attempt, among them former President
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Jair Bolsonaro, who the Supreme Court has just put on trial for allegedly leading the
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coup plot.
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Brazil already lived through a dictatorship which persecuted thousands of people and we
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have to know our history so that we don't repeat the same mistakes.
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The coup plotters from January 8th, 2023, have to be held accountable for trying to
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damage our democracy.
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That is why we're on the streets all over Brazil today, loudly yelling, no amnesty.
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Despite low turnout for pro-amnesty protests sponsored by the Bolsonaro family and recent
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polls showing that the majority of the population believes that Jair Bolsonaro and his associates
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should be held accountable for their crimes, right-wing forces claim to have already guaranteed
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200 votes for the amnesty bill, which means it would only need 100 more to pass in Congress.
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The goal of the protests is to send a message to Congress that the measure won't move forward
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without a fight.
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For the Union of Socialist Youth, fighting attacks against democracy is in our DNA, today
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is another day in which are out here, standing against amnesty for Bolsonaro and all of the
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coup plotters who violently tried to overthrow our democracy and damage our nation.
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We're out here today to give a clear message.
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We will never tolerate amnesty for people who attempt to attack and damage our democracy.
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More protests are planned in Fortaleza, João Pessoa and Rio de Janeiro for March 31st and
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April 1st.
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Brian Meir, TELUS Sur, Recife.
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