Protests Against Coup Leader Of Brazil In Cities Across The Country !

Protests against  Brazilian Coup Leader Michel Temer are taking place in several dozen cities across the country.

The news portal G1 has reported demonstrations in 40 cities Wednesday, which is Brazil’s Independence Day. It is also the opening of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The biggest protest is in Sao Paulo, the country’s financial capital. Organizers claim tens of thousands are walking down Paulista Avenue in the heart of the city. Police haven’t provided estimates.

Most of the other demonstrations have been much smaller.

Temer took power last week after President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office by the Senate for breaking fiscal responsibility laws in her management of the budget. Rousseff denied the accusations.

******************************** COUP LEADER OF BRAZIL BOOED AT INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE !

Brazil’s Coup leader, Michel Temer, was booed at an annual military parade in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday, his first public outing since taking power last week.

“Out with Temer!” shouted protesters at the heavily policed ceremony. Supporters of Temer applauded the new leader.

Temer, who was sworn in as president after the removal from office of his rival Dilma Rousseff in an impeachment trial, ditched the traditional open top Rolls Royce used for the parade, instead using a closed presidential vehicle.

Apparently wishing to remain low-key, the new president also did not wear the usual sash over his dark suit.

The military parade in the center of Brasilia kicked off nationwide events marking Brazil’s September 7 Independence Day. However, there were also protests around the country in support of Rousseff, an unpopular leftist leader who was found guilty by the Senate of breaking accounting laws.

Later Wednesday, Temer was to attend the opening of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Temer, also shown by polls to be deeply unpopular, promises to embark on deep reforms to steer Brazil further to the right in hopes of ending the deepest recession since the 1930s. At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last month he was loudly booed.