Truckers related to Bolsonaro block several highways in Brazil to protest Lula’s victory

Jair Bolsonaro. EUROPA PRESS More than 60 blockades and protests have been confirmed in at least twelve states, according to the organizers themselves The Brazilian Police have reported that approximately one hundred people have mobilized in Rio de Janeiro p The authorities have confirmed tire burning A day later that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected the new president of Brazil, the sectors of the transportation and trucking union most in tune with Jair Bolsonaro have blocked several highways and other access roads to the main arteries around the country, in protest against the results. More than 60 blockades and protests have been confirmed in at least twelve states, according to the organizers themselves. In Rio de Janeiro, the main highway that connects with Sao Paulo, the Dutra road, has been interrupted for a few hours, as well as in other places in Minas Gerais, Espiritu Santo, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, or Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná, among others. .Leaders of the 2018 mobilizations and other transportation entities have condemned the stoppages this Monday and have rushed to recognize the result of the presidential elections with which Lula da Silva will return to the Planalto Palace more than twelve years later. The Police Brazil has reported that approximately one hundred people have mobilized in Rio de Janeiro to show their “dissatisfaction” with the results of the presidential elections due to alleged “fraud”. The authorities have confirmed the burning of tires and even some vehicles to prevent free movement, which in places like Mato Grosso has also affected the transit of ambulances and trucks with live animals, the newspaper says ‘O Globo’. This Sunday Lula da Silva has been elected the new president of Brazil after beating Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most close elections in recent memory in the South American giant. The leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) obtained two million more votes, 50.9 percent of them, than his rival, who more than half a day later still has not conceded his defeat.