The streets secured a historic victory in the Senate.

The "Shielding Amendment," a project intended to act as a major protective barrier against Bolsonaro's aggressive tactics, was shelved by a unanimous decision of the Senate's Constitution and Justice Committee.

Replete with authoritarian casuistry, in a legal text that aimed to offer guaranteed impunity to the far-right in criminal activity in the country, the decision has obvious relevance.

This marks the first institutional defeat of Bolsonaro's fascism and paves the way for new shifts in Brazilian politics going forward.

By refusing the role of "casual cow" that Bolsonaro's supporters had assigned to it, the Senate demonstrated a moment of absolute alignment with the desires and needs of the majority of Brazilians.

A historic decision that scrapped a project of political regression typical of dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, the shelving of the case was undertaken in a very specific context.

Just days after the streets and avenues of major cities across the country were occupied by a mass of workers, housewives, and students who, facing an environment of evident hostility, made a point of affirming their commitment to democracy and freedoms.

By taking to the streets to demand their rights, the Brazilian people recalled a well-known political lesson — the idea that popular mobilization functions as an indispensable instrument to open the doors of history and rebuild a regime of freedoms and democracy, so necessary for the well-being and development of the country.

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