'Get out Bolsonaro!' say ex-supporters in Brazil as COVID-19, vaccines weigh

People attach to a car a placard reading "out Bolsonaro" as they take part in a motorcade to protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 24, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain's promise to shake up a hidebound political establishment mired in endless graft scandals.

But after watching him jettison his anti-corruption pledges, strike pacts with the politicians he vowed to shun, and, most importantly, botch Brazil's coronavirus response, Fernandes, 66, now says she was wrong to place her faith in Bolsonaro.