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Indigenous peoples protest in Brasilia as Brazil's Supreme Federal Court resumes a critical trial for indigenous peoples which could jeopardize the demarcation of hundreds of their ancestral lands considered a barrier against deforestation. IMAGES
Backpacks representing victims of school attacks are displayed outside the National Congress in Brasilia to demand approval of Bill 2630, which seeks to regulate social media activity. The government of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently announced a series of restrictions on social media in a bid to curb the "epidemic" of school attacks. In April, four children between four and seven years old were killed in a preschool in Blumenau, a city in southern Santa Catarina state, when a man carrying a hatchet stormed the facility. IMAGES
Images of the AdventHealth Celebration acute care hospital, Florida, where Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is reported to be hospitalized with abdominal pain. News of his hospitalization comes the day after far-right protesters invaded the presidential palace and Supreme Court in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia. IMAGES
People in Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo hold a pro-democracy rally, after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital Brasilia. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 13 (EFE).- Dozens of women took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday to protest against the veto of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the free distribution of sanitary napkins for girls and women under social vulnerability conditions.The protesters gathered at Cinelandia Square in the evening, where they criticized the "lack of sensitivity" of the president. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE VETO OF PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO ON FREE TAMPON DISTRIBUTION, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: SUSANA DE OLIVEIRA, ONE OF THE PROTESTERS (IN PORTUGUESE).TRANSLATION: We have a president who is against that, who does not help, who only takes basic necessities from the people. We are going backward. It is something unheard of.