Brazil's armed forces put on an unusual display of military hardware for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, ahead of a likely setback in Congress for his plans to alter the country's voting system.
Politicians of all stripes called the parade of navy tanks, armored personnel carriers and amphibious vehicles a form of intimidation hours before lawmakers are expected to vote against a constitutional amendment backed by Bolsonaro.
He has threatened not to accept the results of next year's presidential election, which polls show him losing to former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Neither of them have officially announced their candidacies. The sight of tanks by the presidential palace unsettled Brazilians who lived under the 1964-1985 military dictatorship.
Other lawmakers said the unusual military presence in front of the presidential palace was meant to intimidate them.
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