Bolsonaro’s Goons Block Roads In Lula’s Strongholds

The Guardian reports:

The future of one of the world’s largest democracies and the Amazon rainforest was on a knife edge as Brazil held its most important election in decades and its far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, battled to cling to power amid claims that security forces were engaged in a pro-Bolsonaro voter suppression campaign.

As 156 million Brazilians went to the polls, there were alarming reports that members of the federal highway police – a notoriously pro-Bolsonaro security force – had set up roadblocks in Lula strongholds in the country’s north-east.

Brazil’s opposition denounced the unusual operations, which were reportedly planned during a meeting at Bolsonaro’s official presidential residence, as a deliberate attempt to prevent Lula voters reaching their polling stations.

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Brazil is feared to be undergoing a massive campaign of voter suppression, with federal highway patrols conducting hundreds of operations causing traffic chaos, especially in the Northern areas, where a huge turnout for left-leaning former president Lula was expected.

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