Bolsonaro dismisses any chances of protests in Brazil

Bloomberg

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said his government is prepared for any unrest, as he expressed his concern about the wave of protests across South America.
He said though he didn’t expect trouble in Brazil.
“We always have to be prepared so that we are not surprised by events,” he told reporters at a military ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. “There is no reason whatsoever, as we understand, for this movement to come here.”
Street protests have broken out in various countries across the continent, from Ecuador and Colombia to Bolivia and Chile.
While the causes are distinct, in every country the size of the protests and the speed at which they turned violent have surprised the authorities.
So far there have been no major demonstrations in Brazil, although the recent release from jail of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may energise the opposition.
In his comments, Bolsonaro said that protests in some nations, such as Chile, had gone too far. “They’re not demonstrations,” he said. “They’re acts of terrorism.”