Demonstrations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Brazilian protests |
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Top to Botton: Car with a sign asking Bolsonaro to leave during the motorcade on January 15th. Anti-government protests and demonstration in Belo Horizonte, Campinas and São Paulo on May 29th. |
Date | January 15, 2021 – December 31, 2021
(11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) |
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Location | Brazil – 26 states and the federal district, with solidarity protests worldwide |
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Caused by |
- Mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil by the federal government
- Dissatisfaction with the Bolsonaro government
- Opposition to the government's Privatization of public companies and administrative reforms (factions)
- Economic decline and crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Budget cuts for education
- Corruption
- Economic and social inequality
- Increase of unemployment, hunger and poverty
- High Cost of living
- Inflation and increase in the price of commodities (such as food, kitchen gas and fuel)
- Police brutality, violence and repression
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Goals |
- Resignation or impeachment of the president and its ministers
- Guarantee of general elections in 2022 (keeping electronic votes)
- Investigations into government corruption
- Stabilization of the economy
- Return of the emergency aid (with an approximated value of R$600.00)
- More funding for education and healthcare
- Decrease to inequality, poverty, hunger, inflation and unemployment
- End to privatizations and administrative reforms (factions)
- Better handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the federal government
- Demarcation of indigenous lands and protection of the Amazon rainforest
- End to police brutality and repression
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Methods |
- Protest: motorcades, picketing, demonstrations, strike action, civil resistance, civil disobedience, direct action and internet activism
- Civil disorder: street blockades, barricades, riots, vandalism, arson and looting.
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Resulted in |
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May 29, 2021: 420,000
June 19, 2021:
750,000
July 3, 2021:
800,000
July 24, 2021:
600,000
September 12, 2021:
6,000 (in São Paulo)
October 2, 2021:
700,000
- 8,000 (according to the military police) to 100,000 (according to the organizers) on the Paulista Avenue[3]
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7 September 2021:
- In Brasília: 400 000 (military police (extraoficial)[4]
- In São Paulo: 125 000 (military police)[5]
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Injuries | 5 |
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Arrested | 49 |
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The 2021 Brazilian protests were popular demonstrations that took place in different regions of Brazil in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protests both supporting and opposing the government happened.[6]
It was also the first time in the country when sectors linked to two antagonistic sides (the left and the right) began to protest over a common goal, with right-wing movements organizing demonstrations on January and joint protests with the left through June, September and October.[7][8][9]