Pro-Bolsonaro truckers snarl traffic on Brazil highways

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET
Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Truckers have snarled traffic on several Brazilian highways in a show of support for President Jair Bolsonaro even as he pleaded for them to let cars pass. A joint bulletin from the Infrastructure Ministry and Federal Highway Police said truckers were concentrated on federal highways in 15 states. Bolsonaro had rallied supporters on Tuesday to coincide with Independence Day and show strength as his approval ratings sag and he feuds with the Supreme Court. Truckers remain mobilized two days later, raising concern that Bolsonaro has lost control of his supporters after firing them up with incendiary rhetoric.