Supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro react near tear gas canisters as they take part in a protest over Bolsonaro's defeat in the presidential run-off election, at Castelo Branco highway in Barueri, Brazil November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Protests on Brazil's highways began to fizzle out on Thursday after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro asked his supporters to clear the blockades they had mounted with lines of trucks after his defeat in the presidential election.
The roadblocks lost steam as the official transition was about to get under way with the first formal meetings between government officials and the team of leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who will take office on Jan. 1.
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