![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/brazils-bolsonaro-to-break-silence-after-election-defeat/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127458987_a8306760c8e83ba715777272427c0f849657e6680_0_5472_36481000x667.jpg&description=Image source, ReutersImage caption, Long queues have formed on major highways which have been blocked by Bolsonaro supportersBrazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is expected to speak in the coming hours - breaking the silence he has maintained since being defeated in Sunday's presidential election. Tension has risen in the country after Mr Bolsonaro broke with the tradition of acknowledging defeat.Some of his supporters are refusing to recognise the results, and have erected roadblocks across the country.Police said they had cleared more than 300 roadblocks so far, but 267 remain.Dozens of flights in and out of São Paulo's international airport had to be cancelled after a key access road was cut off by protesters. Image caption, Kneeling protesters disrupted the access to the airport in São PauloBlockages have been reported in all but two states, causing considerable disruption and affecting food supply chains.Travellers on busses reported running low on water and food as they spent hours stuck in queues. The head of Brazil's Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, said there was "a risk to national security" and ordered that the roads be cleared. The blockades started shortly after Brazil's electoral authorities announced a narrow win for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the run-off of the presidential election. With all the votes counted, Lula had 50.9% of the valid votes against Mr Bolsonaro's 49.1%.The result was announced just before 20:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Sunday. Since then, Mr Bolsonaro has neither conceded defeat - nor challenged the results.It is customary for the defeated candidate to congratulate the winner and no previous outgoing president has taken this long to contact their successor. Normally very active on social media, Mr Bolsonaro has also remained silent on all his social platforms. On Tuesday, the group representing highway police said the president's silence "was encouraging a section of his followers to block Brazilian roads".It is n){kind=link}
Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is expected to speak in the coming hours – breaking the silence he has maintained since being defeated in Sunday’s presidential election.
Tension has risen in the country after Mr Bolsonaro broke with the tradition of acknowledging defeat.
Some of his supporters are refusing to recognise the results, and have erected roadblocks across the country.
Police said they had cleared more than 300 roadblocks so far, but 267 remain.
Dozens of flights in and out of São Paulo’s international airport had to be cancelled after a key access road was cut off by protesters.