The editorial compared Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to other South American dictatorships; its use of the word "Ditabranda," roughly "mild dictatorship," to describe previous governments caused the uproar, according to Global Voices.
Many documented today's protest, which took place outside the newspaper's office, through Twitter. The hashtag #ditabranda was used.
Some posted TwitPics from the event, such as @gutocarvalho.
"foto dos participantes do ato #ditabranda" (photo of participants in the act #ditabranda), posted by @gutocarvalho
Several gave a sense of what the protest was all about.
@mariafro (Sampa, Brazil): @rperret muito, muito emocionante, centenas de cidadãos cuja indignação foi transformado em festa e protesto #ditabranda (@rperret very, very exciting, hundreds of people whose anger was transformed into celebration and protest #ditabranda)
@heliopaz (Brazil): #ditabranda: Manifestar-se é fundamental. Resistir, reagir, agir é tudo. Os esforços pelo país são grandes. Porém, o resultado é inócuo. (#ditabranda: To express oneself is fundamental. Resist, react, act and everything. Efforts by the country are great. But the result is innocuous.)The protest introduced at least one person to the Twitterverse.
@ericaminha: Sou nova no twitter... e o ato contra a #ditabranda em frente a FSP, alguém tem notícias, informacoes, fotos? (I'm new to Twitter ... and act against #ditabranda in front of the FSP, someone has news, information, photos?)Many noted that the protest had been organized entirely through the Internet.
@joildo (São Paulo, Brazil): A materialização de um protesto organizado a partir da internet RT @gutocarvalho http://twitpic.com/1wijq (The realization of an organized protest from the internet RT @gutocarvalho http://twitpic.com/1wijq #ditabranda)
@lucila (Natal, Brazil): rt @gutocarvalho #ditabranda, tudo feito em menos de 1 semana, informações circulando de forma independente na internet com liberdade! (rt @gutocarvalho #ditabranda, all done in less than 1 week, information circulated on the Internet independently with freedom!)
