On 16 March 2025, in Manaus - West Zone (Amazonas), 26 supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) gathered in the Ponta Negra neighborhood to demand amnesty for those involved in the invasion of National Congress on 8 January 2023.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 16, 2025, 26 supporters of former President Bolsonaro held a peaceful demonstration in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, demanding amnesty for those involved in the January 8, 2023 congressional invasion incident. The small-scale rally poses a low level of direct supply-chain risk.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Manaus is a major logistics hub in the Amazon basin, but the current small scale of protests has limited immediate impact on port and airport operations
• Increased need for potential monitoring of export routes for Amazon region agricultural and forestry raw materials (soybeans, timber, palm oil, etc.)
• If political tensions spread, potential indirect impact on inland transportation networks for Brazil's major export items (iron ore, soybeans, sugar, etc.)
• Currently no substantive disruption to manufacturing operations within the Manaus Free Trade Zone

3) Watch points

• Track whether similar political protests scale up and spread to major Brazilian cities
• Monitor changes in raw material transportation schedules and cargo volumes through the Port of Manaus and Amazon River waterways
• Detect signals of Brazilian political instability spreading to major mining and agricultural regions