SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -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.
Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro backers have claimed that Brazil s knife-edge election was fraudulent and have even urged the army to intervene to keep the far-Right politician in power.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's armed forces would respect a victory by leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva in this year's presidential race, two retired generals told Reuters, adding to recent signs by military brass distancing themselves from the political project of far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.
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