Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro urges his supporters to clear blocked roads as they push for military intervention to keep him in power
Outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro tells protesters — some of them seeking military intervention to keep him in power — to"unblock the roads" and demonstrate elsewhere.
"I want to make an appeal to them: Unblock the roads," Bolsonaro said late on Wednesday. The blockages do "not seem to me to be part of legitimate demonstrations." The demonstrators, unwilling to accept the results of Bolsonaro's Sunday election defeat, have now clogged autoroutes and caused nationwide disruptions for three straight days.
Trucks sounded their horns, while demonstrators wearing yellow football jerseys waved flags in front of passing vehicles, in scenes broadcast on local television.The main airport in Sao Paulo cancelled 48 flights due to the protests, according to its press office.that "it's no use crying, we've lost the game."
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