Brazil protesters aim to summon spirit of 84 for massive anti-Bolsonaro drive

Demonstrators who took part in rally that hastened end of Brazil's dictatorship hope for similar show of force this weekend

Nearly 40 years have passed since downtown Rio was overrun with what one awestruck reporter declared the greatest and most fantastical popular demonstration of all time".

It was 10 April 1984, the twilight of Brazil's two-decade dictatorship, and more than a million dissenters from across the political spectrum had hit the streets with a deafening and unified call for change.