'I hope things change in the future': Brazilians concerned over judge's censorship attacks
“Impeachment of the dictator Alexandre de Moraes,” read an enormous banner on the outskirts of a massive free speech rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The banner also featured a caricature of Moraes, a powerful judge who has blocked the Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The reason these Brazilians call him a dictator is because he has unilaterally banned anyone that comes to his attention that criticizes the current left-wing regime.
Hundreds of thousands rally against dictatorship in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Former president Bolsonaro, Brazil's own Trump figure, shouted to the crowd, 'Brazil will be free!'
Rebel Commander @EzraLevant and head of production @realmonsanto are in Sao Paulo, Brazil covering a protest… pic.twitter.com/0ZpaSoURto
He's ordered the leader of the opposition, the Trump-like figure here, Jair Bolsonaro, to be banned from running again and he's basically declared war on Elon Musk because Musk won't go along with his censorship.
Things are so bad here that Moraes even banned Brazilians from using workarounds like VPNs with the threat of punitive fines.
'We love Elon Musk!': Brazilians praise Musk at massive free speech rally
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Rallygoers thanked Musk for preserving freedom of speech on X despite other social media platforms giving into Brazil's authoritarian censorship laws.
Rebel News is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, covering one of… pic.twitter.com/yf6QzKJXk0
It's quite incredible to see all of this censorship personified in one man. He really thinks he's some high emperor. And the trouble is, Brazil is not so far removed from a military dictatorship in its past.
“He's closing our mouths,” one attendee told us. “He actually shut off 22 million people that use X here in Brazil,” said another.
We asked another woman if she thought Moraes actions would see him impeached. “I think he is, unfortunately, going to keep doing what he's doing, which is a shame for us,” she said.
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A ruling in June by Brazil's supreme court, which Moraes sits on, barred Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030. Bolsonaro's supporters in the government, meanwhile, are “fighting to get back his rights to be elected as president again,” said a man we spoke to.
“I hope things change in the future,” a woman said. “I hope Donald Trump wins so he can help us, because it's a terrible country to live in right now.”
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Ezra Levant is the founder and owner of Rebel News and the host of The Ezra Levant Show. He is the author of multiple best-selling books, including Ethical Oil, The Libranos, China Virus, and most recently, Trudeau's Secret Plan.


