Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in anger at moves by Congress to boost lawmakers' immunity and push for amnesty that could include far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of trying to stage a coup.

As Brazil grapples with the fallout from the divisive Bolsonaro trial, which saw him sentenced to 27 years in prison, the conservative-majority Congress has come under fire from critics who accuse it of putting its own interests above social and economic issues.

Chanting "No amnesty!" crowds took to the streets in more than a dozen cities, including Rio de Janeiro, where octogenarian music icons Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Chico Buarque were due to perform a protest concert on Copacabana beach.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil's megalopolis and economic heart, a crowd

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