2021 Brazilian protests

2021 Brazilian protests
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.
Date15 January 2021 – 31 December 2021 (11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location
 Brazil – 26 states and the federal district, with solidarity protests worldwide
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
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
Methods
Resulted in
Parties

Brazil Opposition:

Supported by:

Brazil Government

Pro-government counter-protesters
Lead figures
Number

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]

7 September 2021:

  • In Brasília: 400 000 (military police (extraoficial)[4]
  • In São Paulo: 125 000 (military police)[5]
Casualties
Injuries5
Arrested49

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]

  1. ^ Guilherme Mendes (8 April 2021). "Barroso obriga Senado a instalar CPI da covid-19; Casa cumprirá decisão". UOL Congresso em Foco. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Alas de PSDB, PSL e MBL defendem ir às ruas com a esquerda contra Bolsonaro, após agravamento da crise". 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ Magri, Diogo (2 October 2021). "Frente contra Bolsonaro se fortalece no palanque, mas esbarra em rusgas e não amplia adesão na rua". El País. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ Manoela Alcântara (7 September 2021). "Número atualizado de manifestantes que passaram na Esplanada sobe de 105 mil para 400 mil". Metrópoles.
  5. ^ "Atos a favor de Bolsonaro reúnem 125 mil na Avenida Paulista". Band. 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Manifestações pró e contra Bolsonaro tomam conta da Esplanada". Metrópoles. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro". APNews. 24 January 2021.
  8. ^ "'Fora Bolsonaro!' falam ex-apoiadores em protestos por resposta do Brasil à Covid-19". www.terra.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Direita e esquerda convocam carreatas por impeachment de Bolsonaro". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 January 2021.