Thousands of people took to the streets of some major cities in Colombia and Brazil on Sunday To march in rejection of Structural reforms of the government Gustavo Pietroin Colombia, and show Popular muscle in the face of the criminal proceedings against former President Jair BolsonaroIn Brazil, against the president and his rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Although the call to mobilization in Brazil talks about defending “democracy,” the Bolsonarianism focused largely on the presence of the former president’s followers with the real goal of… Give him muscle in the midst of the legal cases he is involved in, one of which is for an attempted coup. That's why the Brazilian far-right leader expressed on Twitter: “Next Sunday, at ten o'clock. We have never been this close to a dictatorship. We will not abandon Brazil. God, country, family and freedom.”
In his speech at the ceremony, he said: Bolsonaro highlighted businessman Elon Musk, who met with Argentine President Javier Miley a few days agoAbout him, the Brazilian said that he “preserves freedom of expression.” The Brazilian opposition leader declared at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro that he “had the courage to show, with some evidence (…) where our democracy is heading, and how much freedom we have already lost.”
In Colombia, on the other hand, it is against the proposed political reforms Petro, a 64-year-old economist who took office as the first left-wing president in the country's history He promised to implement ambitious social programs to reduce poverty and inequality, as well as to seek “comprehensive peace” to end the six-decade armed conflict that has left at least 450,000 people dead.
Under the cry of “Petro, get out, Petro, get out”, along with Colombian flags and while blowing whistles, About 70,000 people marched in Bogota in the raineven focusing on the historic Plaza de Bolivar square, in the city center, according to the General Secretariat of the Metropolitan Government.
The main initiatives of the current government are reforms to the pension, labor and education system, after Congress rejected and sank one to change the health system amid Petro's decision to take control of the main entities responsible for serving millions of users in clinics and hospitals.. “I am on this march to protest bad government, to demand that Petro respect justice, keep his word, not destroy what works and put an end to the corruption he promised to fight,” he said. Reuters Miguel Angel Larota, a 52-year-old public accountant, during the march in Bogotá.
Although Petro does not enjoy a strong majority in Congress after the collapse of the coalition of left, center and even right parties that supported him a year ago, In recent weeks, the president has made progress on pension and education reforms. However, they have not been approved yet.
With information from Reuters
