DEbora Alvares, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

People attend the reading of one of two manifestos defending the nation's democratic institutions and electronic voting system inside the Faculty of Law at Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The two documents are inspired by the original “Letter to the Brazilians” from 1977 denouncing the brutal military dictatorship and calling for a prompt return of the rule of law. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Manifestos in Brazil aim to head off feared Bolsonaro coup bid

by Diane Jeantet Associated Press, DEbora Alvares Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressAugust 11, 2022

SAO PAULO — Brazilians poured into the University of Sao Paulo’s law school to hear a manifesto denouncing the brutal military dictatorship and calling for a prompt return of the rule of law.That was 1977. Almost 45 years later to the day, thousands…