by the El Reportero‘s wire services
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The Brazilian Federal Highway Police said that truckers supporting Bolsonaro were blocking highways at 271 points.
After the declared electoral defeat of conservative-populist incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, which some commentators are calling fraudulent, a nationwide movement in support of Bolsonaro has erupted, with road blockades popping up all over the country and police joining the movement.
Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat to the socialist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who spent 18 months in prison for corruption-related offenses. Silva’s tarnished criminal past and Bolsonaro’s party’s massive gains at all levels besides the presidency have cast doubt on the run-off election results according to some.
Journalist Matthew Tyrman told Steve Bannon on Monday that Bolsonaro’s party had significantly increased its presence in the Brazilian Congress, gaining 22 seats in the House of Deputies. “That’s just his party,” Tyrman said. “In the right-wing government coalition group,” which supports Bolsonaro, there were also significant gains, to the point that Tyrman said it “will dominate in both the lower house and the upper house.”
Support for Bolsonaro is continuing to grow in the days since the election, with roads between major cities being blocked in protest of what many believe to be an illegitimate result.
In São Paulo, national police have seemingly joined the protestors and have helped them gain deeper access to the São Paulo International Airport in order to continue with their demonstrations.
UN to discuss resolution against US blockade of Cuba
by the El Reportero‘s wire services
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will begin on Nov. 2 the first of two days of debates on the draft resolution to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.
As part of the 77th session of the UNGA, during Wednesday and Thursday the representatives of the different countries will pronounce on the subject, in what will be the thirtieth time that the matter reaches the plenary.
All the previous votes were favorable to the elimination of the economic siege imposed by Washington and the unilateral coercive measures applied to the Caribbean nation, for which the support of the international community is again expected.
According to the island’s report presented to the agency, at current prices the damages accumulated during six decades of this policy amount to 150 thousand 410.8 million dollars, with a great weight in sectors such as health and education, beyond economy and quality of life.
The Cuban authorities classify the blockade as an act of war in times of peace, and as the greatest obstacle to the development of the country.
The calculations suggest that approximately six thousand 300 million dollars lost the island due to the American siege, only in the 14 months of the government of the American Joe Biden.
There is no mention, however, of the popular protests that have been clamoring for freedom against a state where there is only the voice of a single political party and the state, where for opposing one faces jail and where there is no freedom of the press.
