Protesters in trucks, cars and motorcycles, take to the streets of Brazilian cities calling for governors to resign over measures that have forced most businesses to close for weeks
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel's measures on the coronavirus disease outbreak and in support of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 18, 2020.
Bolsonaro has been a fierce critic of the states' stay-at-home measures, arguing that the economic harm could be more damaging than the illness. “Either we just have the pandemic, which is already a lot, or we have the pandemic and chaos,” said Anderson Moraes, a state lawmaker who had called for Rio residents to join the protest. “For sure, lives are more important than anything else, but we can’t take decisions today without thinking about tomorrow.In Brasilia, Bolsonaro reiterated his intention to start reopening the economy.
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