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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Ana Mano

Brazil's Bolsonaro urges protesters to lift road blockades

Members of the Parana State Military Police and Federal Highway Police stand on a road as supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, mainly truck drivers, block a highway during a protest over Bolsonaro's defeat in the presidential run-off election, in Curitiba, in the state of Parana, Brazil November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time on Wednesday asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift blockades as demonstrations are restricting people's right to come and go and bringing losses to the economy.

Protests erupted on Sunday after Bolsonaro's narrow loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in an Oct. 30 runoff presidential election.

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