Military display rolls into Brazilian capital before key vote

A tank drives past Congress as part of a convoy after it passed by Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The convoy paraded by the palace on Tuesday, the day of a key congressional vote on a constitutional reform proposal supported by Bolsonaro that would add printed receipts to some of the nation’s electronic ballot boxes. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s military has staged an unusual convoy of troops and armoured vehicles through the capital — an event announced only a day before which coincided with a scheduled vote in Congress on one of President Jair Bolsonaro’s key proposals.

Scores of vehicles and hundreds of soldiers paraded past the presidential palace as Mr Bolsonaro looked on, then continued past the congressional building and Defence Ministry.