Dueling rallies in Brazil after presidential vote

(6 Nov 2022)
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Rio de Janeiro - 6 November 2022
1. Drone shot of protest against election results at military building in downtown Rio. ++ MUTE ++
2. Drone shot of sign at protest reading, (Portuguese) "Brazil was stolen. S.O.S armed forces ++ MUTE ++
3. Various of demonstrators chanting, UPSOUND (Portuguese) "S.O.S Armed Forces!"
4. Various of demonstrator painting his face with green paint
5. Various of Carol Obispo, 40, listening to national anthem while covering her mouth with paper in protest against local media she says censors them
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Carol Obispo, 40, real estate broker:
"Our media does not cover the demonstrations (to protest against election outcome and to call on the military to intervene and block a change in government) and when we try to demonstrate, we are called anti-democratic, we are called extremists. That's why we are here, we feel censored, because our elections were not legitimate, they were not legitimate and there are suspicions of fraud that need to be investigated."
7. Various of drone shot of president elect Lula Da Silva supporters at carnival parade in celebration of election victory
8. Lula Da Silva supporters walking and dancing on stilts
9. Lula Da Silva supporter wearing a mask of president elect Lula Da Silva
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Andréa Bacellar, 40, Lula Da Silva supporter:
"I think they (pro-Bolsonaro and anti election outcome demonstrators) are going to get tired and I think they, from all that crowd, you actually have a group where some radicals and a lot of people who have been lulled into the fear, the lies and I think that (anti election outcome protests) is going to dissolve."
11. Various of Da Silva supporters at carnival parade
12. Woman in stilts screaming of joy and drinking beer
13. Various of drone shot of president elect Lula Da Silva supporters at carnival parade in celebration of election victory in Copacabana beach
STORYLINE:
One week after Brazil's presidential election run-off, thousands of demonstrators remain gathered in front of a military building in downtown Rio for the 5th consecutive day, demanding the armed forces de intervene and block a change in government.
Despite Brazilian authorities declaring last Sunday leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the new president and dozens of countries around the world immediately recognized his win, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's voters insist the elections were rigged and demand the military intervene.
"When we try to demonstrate, we are called anti-democratic, we are called extremists," said Carlos Obispo, a demonstrator who covered her mouth in protest of against local media that, according to Obispo, doesn't cover their demonstrations.
"We feel censored because our elections were not legitimate, they were not legitimate and there are suspicions of fraud that need to be investigated," Obispo said.
There had been widespread concern Bolsonaro might present claims of fraud and challenge the results of Sunday's election, following the roadmap of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
But a week after the elections, no official claims of fraud have been made and Bolsonaro's Chief of Staff Ciro Nogueira told reporters he had received authorization from the incumbent for the transition process to proceed.
As demonstrators shouted for the military to take over in downtown Rio, da Silva supporters gathered in Copacabana beach for a carnival parade to celebrate the leftist leader's victory.
Bolsonaro lost to da Silva in a nail-biting contest, garnering 49.1% of the vote to da Silva's 50.9%.
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