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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) The two men were sitting at a bar on Nov. 21, sipping drinks for relief from the scorching heat of Brazils Mato Grosso state, when police officers barged in and arrested them for allegedly torching trucks and an ambulance with Molotov cocktails.
One man attempted to flee and ditch his illegal firearm. Inside their pickup truck, officers found jugs of gasoline, knives, a pistol, slingshots and hundreds of stones as well as 9,999 reais (nearly $1,900) in cash.
A federal judge ordered their preventive detention, noting that their apparent motive for the violence was dissatisfaction with the result of the last presidential election and pursuit of its undemocratic reversal, according to court documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
For more than three weeks, supporters of incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his narrow defeat in Octobers election have blocked roads and camped outside military buildings in Mato Grosso, Brazils soy-producing powerhouse. They also have protested in other states across the nation, while pleading for intervention from the armed forces or marching orders from their commander in chief.
https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-caribbean-rio-de-janeiro-e4328ee88323100cdaa1e4e461006cce
2naSalit
(86,575 posts)How many of our coup organizers are down there assisting.
Takket
(21,563 posts)This article sparked my rage that Bannon is not in prison right now.
2naSalit
(86,575 posts)David__77
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panader0
(25,816 posts)When TFG decided that a trade war with China could be easily won, China switched from buying soy
beans from the US and bought from Brazil. Thousands of US soy bean farmers lost soy contracts
that took years to gain and lost fortunes. Another reason to despise TFG.