Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks show of strength, risking backfire

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has gotten a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital in a show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country’s Supreme Court

BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court. Bolsonaro, in an address inaudible to many in the crowd far from the loudspeakers, lashed out at the high court and said the nation can no longer accept what he characterized as political imprisonments — a reference to arrests ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes. He warned that the court could “suffer what we don’t want.” The crowd began chanting, “Alexandre out!”