Demonstrations: 2000–2020
Explore the last of three exhibitions featuring images of demonstrations and protests that have taken place in Brazil since the 1930s
Protesto por morte de criança (2000-04-14) by Eduardo KnappFolha de S.Paulo
2000: Barricade
A youngster looks on as a barricade goes up in flames. The fire was started by residents living near No. 25,000 Sapopemba Avenue in the East Zone of São Paulo in protest at a 7-year-old child being run over on the street.
Protesto da rede pública (2000-05-18) by Caio GuatelliFolha de S.Paulo
2000: Confrontation
A demonstrator throws an object at military police officers during a demonstration by health and education workers and students on Paulista Avenue, in downtown São Paulo. According to the Public Security Department (Secretaria da Segurança Pública), 33 civilians and 5 military police officers were injured in the confrontation.
Passeata pelo fim da corrupção (2001-05-23) by Caio GuatelliFolha de S.Paulo
2001: Cardoso out!
Students protest against President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's government on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo. The demonstrators were also calling for the removal of senators Antonio Carlos Magalhães, Jader Barbalho, and José Roberto Arruda.
Greve de ônibus (2002-11-25) by Luiz Carlos MurauskasFolha de S.Paulo
2002: Transport
A demonstration by around 800 bus drivers and ticket collectors leaves 100,000 people without public transport in São Paulo. They were protesting about a delay in their salary payments and the possibility that they would not receive the first installment of their annual bonus of one month's pay.
Comércio ambulante (2002-06-20) by Flávio GriegerFolha de S.Paulo
2002: Hawkers
A street hawker puts up a banner with Brazilian flags during a protest against a police operation that blocked 25 de Março Street, home to one of the country's largest and best-known shopping districts.
Protesto (2005-09-04) by Antônio GaudérioFolha de S.Paulo
2005: Lula out!
Fans of the Brazilian national team protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the stands at Brasília's Mané Garrincha Stadium before the 2006 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Chile.
Protesto de motociclistas (2008-01-18) by João WainerFolha de S.Paulo
2008: Two wheels
Motorcycle couriers close a lane of the east-west link road during a protest against new traffic rules announced by São Paulo's City Hall (Prefeitura). The focus of the demonstration was the ban on motorcycles on the Tietê and Pinheiros freeways, which are the city's main thoroughfares.
Protesto de camelôs (2009-12-02) by Almeida RochaFolha de S.Paulo
2009: New Year
A demonstration in downtown São Paulo brings together around 300 street hawkers to protest against the City Hall (Prefeitura) carrying out inspections on 25 de Março Street. The City Hall took the step because longer shop opening hours in the run up to New Year were attracting an increasing number of street hawkers to the area.
15ª Parada do Orgulho LGBT (lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e trasexuais) (2011-06-26) by Rivaldo GomesFolha de S.Paulo
2011: LGBTQIA+ Pride
Participants on the São Paulo's 15th LGBTQIA+ Pride parade—an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, and transexual people (in the language of the time)—on Paulista Avenue in downtown São Paulo.
The event adopted a religious theme—Love Thy Neighbor: Enough of Homophobia—with a music truck (called a trio elétrico) carrying people from different religions along the parade route, including Catholics, Evangelicals, Anglicans, and members of the Brazilian Umbanda religion.
Ato em defesa da floresta (2011-11-29) by Sérgio LimaFolha de S.Paulo
2011: Forests
Social movements and civil society organizations protest against the Forest Code reform opposite the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília, at an event called Ato em Defesa das Florestas (Forest Protection Action).
Punks e Skinheads contra a homofobia (2012-06-10) by Simon PlestenjakFolha de S.Paulo
2012: Homophobia
Punks and skinheads take part in a demonstration against homophobia at the 16th LGBT Pride parade on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo.
Marcha da Família com Deus (2013-03-22) by Joel SilvaFolha de S.Paulo
2013: Military intervention
Demonstrators call for military intervention during the March of Families with God for Freedom (Marcha da Família com Deus pela Liberdade), which attracted around 200,000 people in São Paulo.
It was a rerun of the 1964 demonstration of the same name, which helped bring about the military coup that overthrew President João Goulart that same year.
Protesto em Brasília (2013-06-17) by Pedro LadeiraFolha de S.Paulo
2013: June days
Demonstrators occupy the roof of the National Congress (Congresso Nacional) in Brasília during protests against the rising cost of public transport in the country. Demonstrators' demands also included an end to corruption and to spending on preparations for the World Cup in Brazil.
Protesto contra Dilma Rousseff (2015-04-12) by Joel SilvaFolha de S.Paulo
2015: Dilma out!
Demonstrators protest against President Dilma Rousseff's government and her Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores) on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo.
Months later, the then leader of the House of Representatives (Câmara dos Deputados), Eduardo Cunha, launched impeachment proceedings against the president, which would result in her being removed from office in August 2016.
Manifestação do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (2015-11-08) by Alan MarquesFolha de S.Paulo
2015: Homeless Workers Movement
A demonstrator outside the National Congress (Congresso Nacional) in Brasília leaps over a bonfire of the remains of a dummy of Eduardo Cunha, leader of the House of Representatives (Câmara dos Deputados). The dummy was set alight by members of the Homeless Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto).
Protesto escolar (2015-11-30) by Marlene BergamoFolha de S.Paulo
2015: High-school students
Public school students from São Paulo's West Zone close the intersection between the Rebouças and Faria Lima avenues, in protest against the then education minister Herman Voorwald's plans to restructure primary and secondary schooling in the public sector.
Between October and December that year, thousands of high-school students occupied schools and roads across the entire state as part of one of the largest student mobilizations in Brazil's history.
Protesto (2016-05-14) by Marcus LeoniFolha de S.Paulo
2016: Marijuana
Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for marijuana to be legalized in downtown São Paulo. The march started on Paulista Avenue and headed for Roosevelt Square. The rights to possess marijuana and use it for medicinal purposes were also on the demonstrators' list of demands.
Manifestantes pedem a saída Michel Temer da presidência (2016-09) by Marlene BergamoFolha de S.Paulo
2016: Temer out!
Days after President Dilma Rousseff was impeached, demonstrators occupy Paulista Avenue to protest against her newly inaugurated replacement, Michel Temer.
In his first week as president, Temer faced a wave of demonstrations calling for his departure and for direct elections for a new president.
Protesto contra o fascismo (2018-10-10) by Eduardo AnizelliFolha de S.Paulo
2018: #ditaduranuncamais (dictatorship never again)
Just 18 days before the election that would make Jair Bolsonaro the next Brazilian president, demonstrators from the Frente Povo Sem Medo (People Without Fear Front) gathered on São Paulo's Paulista Avenue to protest against dictatorship and fascism.
Marielle Franco (2020-12-07) by Zanone FraissatFolha de S.Paulo
2020: Marielle Franco
A tribute to the councilor Marielle Franco, who was shot and killed in an ambush in downtown Rio de Janeiro on March 14, 2018, as she made her way home after taking part in a debate about Black women. Her driver, Anderson Gomes, was also killed in the attack.
Protesto (2020-11-21) by Bruno SantosFolha de S.Paulo
2020: #blacklivesmatter
Demonstrators paint the phrase #vidaspretasimportam (#blacklivesmatter) outside the Assis Chateaubriand São Paulo Art Museum on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo.
They were protesting over the murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a 40-year-old Black man who was beaten to death by two security guards from a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul State, on the eve of Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra).
Moradores do Complexo do Alemão protestam contra mortes em operação policial (2022-07-22) by Eduardo AnizelliFolha de S.Paulo
2022: Alemão complex
Residents from the Alemão favela complex in Rio de Janeiro's North Zone protest against the police operation that left 17 members of the community dead.
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