The demonstration held this Saturday (7) on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, was covered by the international media, with news agencies such as Associated Press (AP) and France-Presse (AFP), reporting the mobilization of thousands of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who were at the scene defending the impeachment of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
THE APwhich had its article published by the American newspaper The Washington Postcited the high level of support for the event held in the capital of São Paulo and the protesters’ support for billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X, who was suspended in Brazil after failing to comply with orders he considers illegal from Moraes.
“Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began crowding São Paulo’s main avenue for an Independence Day demonstration on Saturday, spurred by the government’s blocking of billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform, a ban they claim is proof of his political persecution,” the AP.
“A few thousand protesters, dressed in the green and yellow colors of the Brazilian flag, filled Paulista Avenue. References to the X ban and images of Musk were everywhere. ‘Thank you for defending our freedom,’ read one sign praising the tech entrepreneur,” the US agency quoted.
THE AP considered in its publication that this Saturday’s mobilization was “a test of Bolsonaro’s ability to mobilize support before the municipal elections in October, although Brazil’s electoral court has barred him from running for public office until 2030” and also that “it is something like a referendum on X, the suspension of which has caused apprehension even among some of Bolsonaro’s opponents”.
In turn, the matter of AFPwhich was carried by several news sites in Asia, Europe and North America, where the content was reported on several news portals in the USA, including portals linked to broadcasters affiliated with NBCcited that “led by former president Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s political right gathered this Saturday in a demonstration in São Paulo, the largest city in Latin America, amid a dispute over freedom of expression that resulted in the suspension of X, their preferred social platform, in the country”.
The agency also spoke about the Independence Day parades held in Brasília, where “Lula — with Moraes sitting next to him in the official stand — presided over a parade with 30 military athletes who competed in the Paris Olympic Games.”
On Wednesday (5), The Washington Postthrough an editorial, defended Musk in his dispute against Alexandre de Moraes. According to the American newspaper, the decision of the STF minister to suspend X’s activities in Brazil represented an attack on global freedom of expression.
“The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is correct when he says that a Brazilian jurist’s decision to unilaterally ban X from operating in the country is an attack on freedom of expression on the internet around the world,” the editorial highlighted. Postwho also criticized the secretive measures taken by Moraes, often without adequate justification.
“Mr. Moraes’ campaign has come at a substantial cost to free speech — with takedowns and even arrest warrants often issued in secret and with scant reasoning to support them,” the Post.
One of the points highlighted in the critical opinion of the Post with the suspension, the X in Brazil was the freezing of assets of Starlink, an internet provider created by Musk, in order to cover the payment of fines imposed by the minister on the social network. According to the newspaper, “this measure aligns Brazil not with the free world”, but with dictatorships such as China and Russia.
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