Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of the leader's critics under a dictatorship-era national security law.
"They were jailed because the description `genocidal' suits our president very well," Garcia said, wearing a face mask and face shield. "He has contributed to our health care system collapsing, for the lack of vaccines. Police can't silence us." "They call me a dictator. I want you to point at one thing I did in two years and two months that was autocratic," he said while complaining about a newspaper column that used the word genocidal to describe him.
One case last year involved a sociologist and a businessman who paid for two billboards that insulted Bolsonaro by saying he wasn't worth a gnawed piece of fruit. That investigation was requested by Justice Minister Andre Mendonca, who called it a crime against the president's reputation. It was dismissed in October.
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