The new Brazilian president takes office on Sunday. Faithful of the former head of state of the far right are always mobilized in the streets of the capital, despite the defection of their hero, who left for Florida.
by Bruno Meyerfeld (Brasilia, Special Envoy)
wrapped in a flag in the colors of Brazil, Vanessa does not give up: “This 1 er January, Lula will not be invested. Never, you hear me, he will never go up the Planalto ramp [The presidential palace of Brasilia]! In any case! “, Ensures this 56 -year -old woman with red hair, met on Saturday December 31, 2022 on the eve of the taking of the president on the left on Sunday. A certainty, that she says to hold from heaven: “God is with us! He will not let such a thing.”
In the capital, Vanessa is not the only one to hang on to such certainties. She is one of the few thousand protesters who, in several points in Brazil, continue to challenge the verdict of the October 30 election, who saw Jair Bolsonaro beaten by Luiz Inacio Da Silva. A last square of faithful, up to the boutish and resolved, which requires without waving an army coup.
“We are as motivated as on the first day, and we are more numerous every day!” Guarantees Vanessa, evoking the camp of the Ultrabolsonarists of Brasilia. This has been installed for two long months against the army headquarters, imposing building designed by Oscar Niemeyer, decorated with an obelisk and an acoustic conch, located all west of the capital.
But this December 31, in the rain, the “army” of Jair Bolsonaro has the air of the rout. The tarpaulins are soaked, just like the green and gold flags. Families, sometimes from afar, sleep in precarious tents in the asphalt. Around noon, a handful of them swallow their lunch without smiling on plastic plates. Activists pray on their knees. Others wander between the barracks.
fundamentalist priests preach all day long
Is this the Berezina Bolsonarists? While the capital celebrates the return of the left, the extreme right continues to denounce fraud and electronic polls. Under a tent, converted into church, fundamentalist priests preach all day long. “It works twenty-four hours a day, we even pray there at night!”, Trakes a faithful. In mid-December, right opposite, we simulated a crucifixion: an activist wearing a thorn crown played the role of Jesus …
lula? MPs ? The judges ? The media? “All of the Communists, who want to transform Brazil into Venezuela!”, CLAME Edson, 70, former air conditioning technician, who now sells rain and flags to demonstrators. The man also plagues against the soldiers, who refused to intervene to maintain Bolsonaro in power. “In the army, there are a lot of watermelons: green outside and red in it!”, He plagues.
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