Brazilian President Bolsonaro Urges Protesters to Lift Road Blockades

SAO PAULO—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift blockades.
Protests erupted on Sunday after the election authority declared Bolsonaro’s narrow loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in an Oct. 30 runoff presidential election.
In a video posted on social media, Bolsonaro said he understood people’s frustration at the result of the election.
“I know you are upset … Me too. But we have to keep our heads straight,” he said in a video message posted on Twitter. “I will make an appeal to you: clear the highways.”
The president said blocking roads make the ongoing protests illegitimate. He encouraged people to choose other ways to demonstrate….