Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro meets supporters during a the demonstration "For Freedom and for Brazil" in Brasilia, Brazil May 1, 2022.REUTERS/Adriano Machado
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his main rival, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, staged competing rallies on Sunday that were expected to become previews of their campaigns for presidential elections in October.
Supporters of Bolsonaro had called during the week protests against the Supreme Court, after he pardoned a congressman sentenced to eight years in prison for threatening judges.
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