Video: Bolsonaro calls on truckers to clear road blockades

STORY: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is appealing to protesting truck drivers to end road blockades. In a video shared on Twitter by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, Bolsonaro said: “The roadblocks in Brazil interfered with our right to come and go, which is in our constitution,” Bolsonaro said. The truck drivers are among Bolsonaro’s most important voter groups and are known for causing economic chaos in the export nation with their blockades. His supporters have been blocking the streets in protest at the results of the presidential election since Sunday, and some are calling for a military coup. The right-wing populist incumbent Bolsonaro was narrowly defeated by the left-wing politician and ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff election.

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