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Mass bath for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Hundreds of thousands of people followed his call on Tuesday (Brazil's Independence Day) and took to the streets to express their support for the government and attack the powers that in their opinion do not allow him to govern. The day was the culmination of the authoritarian escalation of the president, who in recent months raised the tone against the judges of the Supreme Court and even

threatened to cancel the

2022

elections

if the current voting system is not changed. The marches had slogans such as 'Supreme is the people' and 'I authorize'.

Bolsonaro opened the day in Brasilia with a messianic speech before the crowd in which he already left his first threat: "We cannot continue to accept that a person from the Three Powers region continues to attack our population.

We cannot accept more political arrests

in our Brazil, or the head of that power frames it or that power can suffer what we do not want, "he said.

Without naming him directly, Bolsonaro was referring to Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is investigating attacks on democratic institutions and who finances protests like those on Tuesday.

In recent weeks, he ordered the

arrest of

the president's

political allies

, bloggers and other figures from the Brazilian extreme right.

In the afternoon, Bolsonaro was going to move to São Paulo, where hundreds of thousands of people packed Avenida Paulista.

So far there have been no incidents, despite the tension in recent days, especially due to the possible adherence of the Military Police to the protests.

In Rio de Janeiro, the concentration filled Copacabana beach.

Most of the attendees, white, over 40 and upper-middle class, were

crying out against judges, parliamentarians or communism.

"What 'I authorize' means authorizing the president to

close the Congress, close the Supreme

and implement in this country a regime in which the people are respected, "said Josemar Oliveira, a retiree, to this newspaper. For Marcelo Soares, an evangelical pastor, the mass demonstrations could help the judges to reconsider." They are putting obstacles in the way of everything. time.

The alternative is to show them that the people are dissatisfied, "he said, without ruling out the option of a coup:" If that is what the people are asking for, that is what Bolsonaro has to do, "he said, convinced.

Questioning the current voting system was also one of the most popular flags, closely following the Bolsonaro narrative that electronic ballot boxes (which have been in operation in the country for 26 years) are not reliable and therefore cannot be trust in the outcome of next year's elections.

At the end of August Bolsonaro said: "Be sure that we are going to have a photograph for the world of what you want.

I can only do one thing if you wish."

The president already has the photo he wanted of the crowd in the streets giving his approval.

Now it remains to be seen what he will do with that political capital.

Free fall popularity

In his Brasilia speech, Bolsonaro affirmed that today he will meet with the presidents of the Chamber, the Senate and the Supreme Court: "I will show you where we must go."

The images of the streets of Brazil flooded with green and yellow can give the feeling that there is a popular clamor in favor of Bolsonaro.

But the popularity of the president continues to wear off and

64% of Brazilians consider

his government

"bad or lousy"

, according to a poll by Atlas Politico this week.

Still, it maintains a very loyal and highly mobilized electorate.

For Bolsonaro, "photography for the world" also serves as a smokescreen.

The pandemic has already claimed almost 600,000 lives,

inflation is already at 9%

and unemployment affects more than 14 million Brazilians.

Second quarter GDP fell 0.1% and the expected "V" recovery predicted by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes is already beginning to look stagnant.

The financial market is revising the economic forecasts for 2022 downwards, largely due to the uncertainty caused by Bolsonaro himself. In addition, the president's children face

several corruption scandals

and he himself is under investigation in the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, former president Lula da Silva, the poll favorite to win next year, maintains a low profile.

There was speculation that he might appear in the protests that the left called at the last minute to counterprogram the Bolsonarist marches, but he chose to release a video the day before: "Instead of announcing solutions, what (Bolsonaro) does is call the people for the confrontation, is to call acts against the powers of the Republic, against democracy, which he never respected. Instead of adding, it stimulates division and hatred. "

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