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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro called on his protesting supporters to dismantle hundreds of roadblocks, saying these harm the economy and aren’t a legitimate form of demonstrating. In a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, Bolsonaro said that holding protests elsewhere “is very welcome, it’s part of our democracy”. Supporters of the president who refuse to accept his defeat in Sunday’s election have been taking to the streets in the past few days and blocking major highways across the country. Associations for agribusiness, transportation and supermarkets have disapproved of the blockages, warning they were disrupting the supply of food and medicine. The number of road blocks has fallen to 86 from nearly 170 a day ago, the federal highway police posted on Twitter early Thursday. Police has been trying to remove illegal blockages since the Supreme Court ordered all highways to be cleared, imposing heavy fines on protesters who refuse to do so. As road protests decreased, some supporters of the outgoing president congregated outside army bases, criticizing the electoral process and holding signs calling on the military to intervene to overturn the official results. According to local media outlet G1, on Wednesday there were demonstrations in front of military installations in at least 24 states as well as in the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located. Bolsonaro, a former army officer, has strong support among the military, though the constitution forbids them from interfering in politics.

Sky News' Stuart Ramsay is in Sao Paulo where supporters of the Workers' Party Luiz Lula da Silva struggle to contain their excitement. The final results are still awaited, but as the poll closes people on the streets in Sao Paula seem energised for their candidate.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has was stopped from attending a football match between Santos and Grêmio yesterday because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday held rallies to call for an armed forces intervention following the election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that military experts say is out of the question.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an extremely tight election that marks an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics.

President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters in Brazil are protesting against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory in the presidential election.

In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro after a tight presidential election that went to a runoff vote. Lula has governed Brazil before, last serving as president from 2003 to 2010.

Polls have closed in Brazil in one of the nation’s most divisive elections in recent history.

Almost 100 people have died in landslides and flash flooding in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis, officials say. The city, which is located in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, was hit by torrential rainfall. Houses in hillside neighbourhoods were destroyed and cars swept away as floodwaters raced through the city's streets. Search and rescue teams are combing the mud for survivors.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called on protesters on Wednesday to put an end to blockades they had set up on roads across the nation in the days since the presidential runoff election. "I'm just as upset, as sad as you. But we have to keep our head in place," he said, calling demonstrations welcome as part of democracy but the blockades on the nation's highways are making ongoing demonstrations illegitimate. He called on his supporters to choose other ways to demonstrate. Authorities said they were making headway in their efforts to clear blockades, but there are still concerns the demonstrations were disrupting fuel distribution, industrial activity and food deliveries. Bolsonaro has not conceded his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, though he said he would follow the constitution, indicating a transition was likely to take place.

Brazil's next president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has had a long career in Brazilian politics.

Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson surrendered early Sunday evening after wounding two policemen while resisting arrest ordered by the country's Supreme Court.

With just few weeks left for the Brazil presidential runoff, the face off between between Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president and right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro turned uglier.

Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidential election

Left-leaning candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become Brazil's president, with 50.8 % of the vote. President Biden tweeted his congratulations to Da Silva and praised the country for its "free, fair and credible" elections.

Truckers and other protesters on Tuesday blocked highways for a second day in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, who had yet to accept his election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In Novo Hamburgo, near the southern city of Porto Alegre, police fired teargas on Tuesday to break up a protest on one major highway, according to an AFP photographer.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday called for his supporters to end protests across the country following his election loss to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Truckers who support Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro escalated their protests on Monday by blocking roads in 16 states.