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People march in support of two manifestos defending the nation's democratic institutions and electronic voting system, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 11, 2022
THOUSANDS of people rallied for democracy at the University of Sao Paulo’s law school on Thursday in the face of threats by President Jair Bolsonaro to dispute the results of October’s election.
The event was the high point of a series of rallies building up to “the August 11 of democracy,” with a public letter opposing any interference with the election approaching a million signatures.
The law school was chosen as the scene for a 1977 rally at which A Letter to Brazilians, calling for a return of the rule of law following a military coup, was read out.
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