Pressure building
The demonstratations have been steadily increasing in size as well as in incendiary rhetoric. Roughly 30 minutes ago, Lula showed up at a downtown demonstration. In the interim periods, Dilma makes the occasional TV apppearance and fans the flames of crowd anger and frustration.
The PT's demands are contradictory. The demonstrators are demanding the "rule of law" and "respect for democracy", neither of which seem to have been violated by the behavior of the Lava-Jato investigations thus far. Dilma demanded an end to the legal wiretaps solicited by the investigators alleging that they are illegal.
There is NO calll for calm or a reduction of tensions. Rather, the rhetoric appears to be deliberately designed in "whip up the crowd".
The PT has made the current situation a "life or death" issue for the party so I suggest you watch events very closely and make sure your crisis management and security teams are at the ready.
The US Consulate closed early today to allow local employees to go home before things get testy.
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