Brazilians demand impeachment of Bolsonaro

Brasilia, January 23 (RHC)-- Brazil's social movements and trade unions carried out a nationwide protest on Saturday demanding impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro.  The correspondent for teleSUR in Brazil, Jgnacio Lemus, reports that demonstrators from at least 70 municipalities including the capitals of all states mobilized in caravans to request impeachment and the extension of financial help that was approved by Congress, as well as the immediate vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic.

At least 87 caravans are traveling across the five regions of the country to denounce Bolsonaro's irresponsibility regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.  Bolsonaro's disregard sparked another wave of massive outrage after the city of Manaus in the Amazon state ran out of oxygen and its health system collapsed last week.

According to Datafolha latest's survey, Bolsonaro's popularity is dropping remarkably.  The amount of Brazilians that consider the president's administration bad or the worst, increased from 32 percent to 40 percent from December 2020 to January 2021 alone.

Users turned to social media with the hashtag #ForaBolsonaro and #BrasilPeloImpeachment, sharing images of the caravans and calling for the Brazilian president's immediate impeachment.