RIO DE JANEIRO—A caravan made up of dozens of cars moved in a neat file through the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Huge banners, scrawled with “Impeachment now!” and “Vaccine for all!” hung out the windows of some, flapping in the wind. Car horns wailed in unison, and masked protesters shouted, “Out with Bolsonaro!”
Similar convoys of protesters were seen in more than 20 Brazilian cities in late January as angry Brazilians took to the streets to voice growing frustration with President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. The backlash came on the heels of shocking images of patients dying in Manaus amid oxygen shortages in hospitals, as the Amazon city was hit by a brutal second wave linked to a new COVID-19 variant.
