“Bolsonaro is a victim of persecution”: tens of thousands of supporters demonstrate in São Paulo. Jair Bolsonaro is the target of an investigation into a supposed “coup attempt” to stave off his electoral defeat in 2022.
“If there is a lot of support, he will be able to say that the people are with him. Otherwise, it will lose all legitimacy,” says André Rosa, political scientist at the University of Brasilia.