Supporters of the former president gathered in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday (16.mar)
Former Minister of Tourism of the Government of the former President (PL), (PL-PE) contested the figures released by the (University of São Paulo) present at the time of Sunday (16.mar.2025). Supporters of the former president gathered in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, to ask for amnesty to the convicts for the January 8 extremist acts.
“Very suspicious to put USP from Sao Paulo Paulo to give pitaco in a survey here in Rio de Janeiro”said Machado.
After the act, the university released a survey indicating that the demonstration gathered 18,300 people. The number, however, is much smaller than the estimate made by the Military Police. The staff said he had registered more than 400,000 people.
“Take the conclusions of those who are lying”he said.
Bolsonaro brings together smaller public in Rio de Janeiro
According to this digital newspaper, the act called by former President Bolsonaro in Rio gathered about 26,000 people at peak-when the former executive’s chief spoke to his supporters (11:30 am to 12:30 pm).
To make the calculation, the Poder360 He used high -resolution aerial photos made with drone at the time of higher concentration at the scene of the act, precisely during Bolsonaro’s speech. The former president spoke for about 40 minutes.
With the photos available, the terrain busy was squad so that it was possible to know how many square meters there was audience – and the Poder360 marked the places according to the concentration: 1, 2, 3, 4 or even 6 protesters per square meter. Then he added the number of people in each square meter and reached the total number.
This was Bolsonaro’s 4th act after leaving the presidency. Of the acts called since 2021 by the former president in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo-prince stages of major demonstrations in the country-today recorded the least adherence:
- 25.fev.2024 – of at Av. Paulista, in São Paulo;
- 21.abr.2024 – of in Copacabana, in Rio;
- 7.set.2024 – nearly People at Av. Paulista, in São Paulo;
- 7.set.2022 – About people in Copacabana, Rio;
- 7.set.2021 – There is no public data.
