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Quarantined Brazilians protest against Bolsonaro from windows and balconies: 'Get out!'
Wed 25 Mar 2020 05.00 EDT
Last modified on Wed 25 Mar 2020 13.28 EDT
Some came to their windows wielding saucepans; others armed with nothing but their voice.
“Fora Bolsonaro!” (“Get out, Bolsonaro!”) they yelled into the darkness, as fellow dissenters pounded pots and pans with wooden spoons as a way of venting their spleen against Brazil’s far-right president.
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Janette Bessa Neves, a retired sociologist who lives in the same area, said she had also felt the wind of change. “The middle and upper-middle classes have woken up,” the 69-year-old said.
Ventura, like many pan-bangers, said he had felt a powerful sensation of catharsis as he pummelled his pan above the streets of Ipanema. “It was soul-cleansing stuff,” he said.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/brazil-coronavirus-protests-get-out-bolsonaro