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Demonstrators in Rio wear Brazil’s green and yellow at democracy event
Many demonstrators wore Brazil’s green and yellow at an event on Sunday, October 18.
The gathering took place along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro’s south zone.
Called the Musical Act for Democracy, it brought together demonstrators described as left-wing.
Participants defended the national football shirt and the flag’s colors as symbols belonging to the whole country.
Some people still felt uncomfortable with the colors’ association with Bolsonarism, the political movement linked to former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The event reflected an effort to reclaim national symbols from that association, but no further action was announced.
Demonstrators wore Brazil’s green and yellow at a democracy event on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, October 18.
Participants defended using the national football team shirt and the flag’s colors as national symbols.
Some participants said they still felt uncomfortable with the colors’ association with Bolsonarismo.
The event was called the Musical Act for Democracy.
- Who
- Demonstrators and participants in the Musical Act for Democracy.
- What
- They wore green and yellow and defended the colors and Brazil’s national team shirt as national symbols.
- When
- Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- Where
- Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone.
- Why
- Participants defended the colors and shirt as national symbols. Some still felt uncomfortable with their association with Bolsonarismo.
Participants defending the symbols
Participants uneasy about the association
Meaning of the colors
Participants defending the symbols
They defended green and yellow as national symbols.
Participants uneasy about the association
Some said they still felt uncomfortable with the colors’ association with Bolsonarismo.
Use of the national team shirt
Participants defending the symbols
They defended using the Brazilian national team shirt as a national symbol.
Participants uneasy about the association
Not stated.
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- Event
- Musical Act for Democracy
- Location
- Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone
- Date
- Sunday, October 18, 2026
- Colors worn
- Brazil’s green and yellow
- Associated garment
- Brazilian national team shirt