Brazil

The incidents came just a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn into office.

[announced on Twitter](https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612179567351066624) that he had fired Anderson Torres, the security secretary of the federal district who had been in charge of ensuring the area's safety. At least 300 people had been arrested, police [said](https://twitter.com/pcdf_oficial/status/1612230601565773826). Capitol riot](https://www.axios.com/2021/01/06/capitol-protests-dc-photos-trump) by supporters of former President Trump. this is also his responsibility and the parties that supported him." [Jair Bolsonaro](https://www.axios.com/2022/11/01/bolsonaro-speaks-after-election-loss) stormed the National Congress and other government buildings in the capital Brasilia on Sunday in an attack that echoed the Jan. [BBC](https://twitter.com/ricksenra/status/1612178922942205952)and the [Brazilian newspaper Estadão](https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/coluna-do-estadao/secretario-de-seguranca-do-df-anderson-torres-esta-nos-eua/). [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JakeSullivan46/status/1612196085023526912?s=20&t=dzFkEAhb92Pwa3b5Pxzy4A) that the U.S. We think there was a lack of security," he For that, they must be punished," he continued. [added](https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612191803901444098)before [sharing](https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612193475369336832)a signed decree for federal intervention in the district that will last through the end of the month. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612191805939896320) Sunday. [CNN](https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1612175645768818696).

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says perpetrators will be found and punished after supporters of Brazilian far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Brazil's democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined." Bolsonaro supporters created camps in cities across Brazil, some of them outside the military barracks. "You will see in the images that they [police officers] are guiding people on the walk to Praca dos Tres Powers," he said. "I voted for Bolsanaro but I don't agree with what they're doing," Daniel Lacerda, 21, told the BBC. And French President Emmanuel Macron said the "will of the Brazilian people and the democratic institutions must be respected" and pledged the "unfailing support of France" to Lula. Speaking before he arrived in Brasilia, Lula said there was "no precedent in the history of our country" for the scenes seen in Brasilia and called the violence the "acts of vandals and fascists".

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday breached security barriers set up by the Armed Forces and gained access to key buildings ...

President Lula da Silva can count on the unconditional support of France,” Macron said on Twitter. “Those responsible for promoting and abetting this attack on Brazilian democracy and its main symbols must be identified and punished in accordance with the law.” “We did not believe at all that the demonstrations would take on the proportions that they did. “We cannot agree with the depredation of the National Congress. Disorder has never been part of the principles of our nation,” Neto said. They are true vandals, true terrorists, and they will have every fight with me to punish them.” But it will never give room for turmoil, destruction and vandalism,” Arthur Lira, president of the Lower House of Congress Supporters of Bolsonaro have been camped out in the capital since his election defeat. Destroyed works of art, the country’s heritage.” The floor of the Congress building was flooded after the sprinkler system activated when protesters attempted to set fire to the carpet, according to CNN Brasil. The video shows furniture overturned and offices along a corridor in disarray. Other outlets showed Bolsonaro suporters entering the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, where CNN Brasil showed the arrivals of anti-riot police and the Brazilian Armed Forces.

Supporters of the right-wing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brazil's capital on Sunday.

The scenes mirror that of the Jan. The incoming administration had previously downplayed fears of Bolsonaro, a populist in the mold of former U.S. 6, 2021 invasion of the U.S. There is no precedent in the history of the country what they did today. Swarms of the Bolsonaro supporters, known as "Bolsonaristas," were seen charging past security barriers and clashing with police who appeared to be using pepper spray against them.

"Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday on Twitter.

An anti-incumbent mood has also led to the election of some leftist leaders in the region. The storming of government buildings on Sunday in Brasilia drew immediate parallels to the Jan. The situation in Brasilia led to a number of comparisons to the Jan. The former Brazilian president is reported to have been spending significant time in Florida, Trump’s state of residence, in recent weeks. “The United States should not be a refuge for this authoritarian who has inspired domestic terrorism in Brazil,” Castro said. Lula called the attackers “fascists, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was also among those Sunday who said Bolsonaro should be returned to Brazil. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials did not immediately offer comment on Sunday. 6,” said Jason Marczak, senior director at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. Since Joe Biden took office, there have been an assassination of a Haitian president, unusual protests in Cuba, an attempted coup by a president facing impeachment in Peru and now the turbulence in Brazil. “Brazil’s democracy will not be shaken by violence.”

Thousands of backers of Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro breached and vandalized the presidential office building.

It was one of the closest-ever elections in a deeply polarized nation. On Sunday afternoon, a visibly irritated president Lula condemned the “abominable” acts and said all those involved would be investigated and punished “with all the strength of the law.” He also blamed Bolsonaro for “stimulating” the attacks on the capital by questioning the integrity of the electoral process. The attacks in the capital city came only a week after the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in a runoff election in October.

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refused to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential ...

"Local security forces in Brasilia failed in a systematic way to prevent and to respond to extremist actions in the city. By early evening, control of the buildings had been reestablished, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said in a press conference that roughly 200 people had been arrested, and officers were firing more tear gas to drive lingering protesters from the area. 30, blocking roads, setting vehicles on fire and gathering outside military buildings, urging the armed forces to intervene. Local media reported that Torres is currently in the U.S. Earlier videos on social media showed a limited presence of the capital's military police; one showed officers standing by as people flooded into Congress, with one using his phone to record images. And the new federal authorities, such as the ministers of justice and of defense, were not able to act in a decisive way." Ibaneis Rocha confirmed on Twitter he had fired the capital city's head of public security, Anderson Torres. President Joe Biden told reporters that the riots in Brazil were "outrageous." British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly tweeted: "The violent attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil are unjustifiable. The results were recognized as legitimate by politicians from across the spectrum, including some Bolsonaro allies, as well as dozens of foreign governments. He promised those officers would be punished and expelled from the corps. The former president has repeatedly sparred with Supreme Court justices, and the room where they convene was trashed by the rioters.

RIO DE JANEIRO — For more than four years, the most fundamental of questions has loomed over Brazil: Would its young democracy survive the presidency of ...

“The patience of the people has run out,” he declared in September 2021. “His silence was terrible,” said Jairo Nicolau, a political scientist at the research institute Fundação Getulio Vargas. His chief of staff then stepped forward to say the president had authorized him to oversee a transition. They found a champion in Bolsonaro, who had hung photos of the regime’s leaders in his congressional office and bemoaned the fact that it hadn’t killed more people when it had the chance. In that silence, analysts say, the most radical members of Bolsonaro’s base have gained a foothold. They view the years of the military dictatorship, which tortured and killed opponents, as a golden era in Brazil — when society was free of corruption and crime. [coronavirus](https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_27) outbreak that killed nearly 700,000 Brazilians, supreme court investigations into his closest allies — he repeatedly returned to the embrace of his fringe supporters. He warned of a government “rupture” like the military coup of 1964. The scenes of smoke and violence were at once both shocking and predictable, the tragic realization of a prophecy Bolsonaro has repeatedly uttered to mobilize his base and terrify his adversaries. And in recent months, the insurrectionist rhetoric of Bolsonaro and his family gathered even more force.” In a teary farewell before his departure, he called the election result unfair. “Peaceful demonstrations, by law, are part of democracy,” he tweeted, hours after the assault began.

Thousands of supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed the country's Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace.

He also accused Mr Bolsonaro of encouraging the rioters' actions via social media. But the extremism of those who stormed the country's democratic institutions has taken on a life of its own which will be hard to rein in. Following the rioting, Jair Bolsonaro took to Twitter to reject the accusation made by Lula that he had made several speeches encouraging the unrest in Brasilia. Jair Bolsonaro's divisive rhetoric and his questioning of the validity of Brazil's electoral system contributed in large part to the anger on display in Brazil on Sunday. Those who took part in the rioting are on the extreme end of the spectrum but there are many more opponents of Lula who spread false information about him and thereby fanned the flames which led to Sunday's events. Seeing Lula take office and move into the presidential palace was too much for those who routinely label him a "communist threat to Brazil".

Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed Brazil's Congress building and Presidential offices, in scenes that echo Jan.

KAHN: We're going to hear a lot about that, a lot of scrutiny and focus on that in the next coming days. He was not in the capital. Bolsonaro is not in the country. First, you have to know that supporters of Bolsonaro have been camped out a t army barracks around the country, and the largest contingent have been in Brasilia, the capital. They were able to walk up the ramp of the congressional building, climb on the roof, began breaking windows. LIMBONG: Over the past few hours, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congress building, presidential offices and Supreme Court.

Brazilian assets may be hit by fresh volatility on Monday after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings, ...

Isaac Sidney, head of banking industry group Febraban, called for "firm reaction" against the actions. "The end of polarization seems to be far and may drain the new government's energy," Lacerda said. But that may be reversed if the institutions show unity against the Brasilia invaders, she added. Carla Argenta, chief economist at CM Capital, points out that the Brazilian rioters were helped by lenient law enforcement in Brasilia, something that didn't happen in the U.S. Bruno Komura, analyst at asset manager Ouro Preto, expects a bad initial reaction in markets, with interest rates rising and the currency and stock exchange falling. MEXICO CITY/SAO PAULO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian assets may be hit by fresh volatility on Monday after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings, echoing the U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and ...

“Local security forces in Brasilia failed in a systematic way to prevent and to respond to extremist actions in the city. “Brazilian authorities had two years to learn the lessons from the Capitol invasion and to prepare themselves for something similar in Brazil,” said Maurício Santoro, political science professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. 30, blocking roads, setting vehicles on fire and gathering outside military buildings, urging the armed forces to intervene. Ibaneis Rocha confirmed on Twitter he had fired the capital city’s head of public security, Anderson Torres. Earlier videos on social media showed a limited presence of the capital’s military police; one showed officers standing by as people flooded into Congress, with one using his phone to record images. By early evening, with authorities’ control of the buildings restored, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said in a news conference that roughly 200 people had been arrested and officers were firing more tear gas to drive away lingering protesters. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly tweeted: “The violent attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil are unjustifiable. The incident recalled the Jan. Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, smashed windows and invaded all three buildings, which were believed to be largely vacant on the weekend. Bolsonaro, who flew to Florida ahead of Lula’s inauguration, repudiated the president’s accusation late Sunday. The situation drew comparisons to the Jan. The former president has repeatedly sparred with Supreme Court justices, and the room where they convene was trashed by the rioters.

Supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, who are calling on the military to take control of the country, broke into three government ...

"I look forward to continuing to work with [@LulaOficial](https://mobile.twitter.com/LulaOficial)." [said Flávio Dino](https://twitter.com/OGloboPolitica/status/1612242765139648513?s=20&t=xg2LY_G4ur9GmfeIcctqxw), the minister of justice and public security. The scenes mirrored that of the Jan. "Brazilian democracy will prevail over violence and extremism," President @LulaOficial can count on France's unwavering support." Bolsonaro, a populist in the mold of former U.S. 6, 2021 invasion of the U.S. He also blamed a lack of security for the events. There is no precedent in the history of the country what they did today. He also rejected da Silva's comments that he bore some responsibility for the attack, saying those claims lacked evidence. "Democracy guarantees the right to free expression, but it also requires people to respect institutions. Swarms of Bolsonaro supporters, known as "Bolsonaristas," were seen charging past security barriers and clashing with police who appeared to be using pepper spray against them.

Brazilian stocks are expected to plunge on Monday after supporters of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings on Sunday in ...

"Peaceful demonstrations, in accordance with the law, are part of democracy. In a tweet Sunday night, U.S. In a press conference, Lula said the government was hunting the riot's financiers. President Joe Biden condemned what he called "the assault on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil." "The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished," Lula said in a tweet Sunday night, vowing to resume work in the palace on Monday. - "The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished," Lula said in a tweet, vowing to resume work in the palace on Monday.

Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace yesterday (Jan. 8).

[holds him responsible](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-supporters-invade-congress-presidential-palace-brasilia-2023-01-08/) for feeding voters [baseless election fraud](https://qz.com/brazils-bolsonaro-has-his-same-old-election-fraud-excus-1849600491) stories that have fueled the risk of political violence. [Jake Sullivan](https://twitter.com/JakeSullivan46/status/1612196085023526912?s=20&t=BWldodGMnOaTk2tOUGww_A) and US Secretary of State [Antony Blinken](https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1612196735538937856) condemned the attack for undermining Brazil’s democracy. Biden, who is touring the US-Mexico border, called it an “ [assault on democracy](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/biden-says-situation-brazil-outrageous-2023-01-08/),” labeling the situation “outrageous.” So far, it’s unclear whether the US will take any further action. Torres, Bolsonaro’s former minister of justice, is also reportedly in the US, as the Bolsonaro [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097) that while peaceful demonstrations are part of democracy, “depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.” Two days before Lula took office, Bolsonaro reportedly [flew to Florida](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/world/americas/bolsonaro-florida-brazil-protests.html)—which is where he was when the violence broke out. Progressive Brazilians who did want to flaunt the uniform went for alternative versions that [included progressive symbols](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/brazilian-yellow-football-jersey-bolsonaro-lula-world-cup) like the red star of Lula’s Workers’ party or the LGBTQ flag. “Brazilian authorities had two years to learn the lessons from the Capitol invasion and to prepare themselves for something similar in Brazil. [11% off](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S473TPS?asc_campaign=kinjapromo-20&asc_refurl=https://qz.com/brazil-bolsonaro-supporters-riots-canarinho-jersey-1849964646&asc_source=&tag=kinjapromo-20) Bolsonaro’s supporters aren’t the first to use the jersey as a political muse. The association between Bolsonaro’s tribe and the jersey is so strong that several fans from the football-crazed nation [ditched it](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-24/brazil-world-cup-fans-ditch-yellow-shirt-tainted-by-politics?leadSource=uverify%20wall) during the recent World Cup in Qatar. At home, though, supporters of far-right leader Bolsonaro have co-opted the sports jersey as their uniform.

Scores were taken into custody after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far-right former president, stormed official buildings in the capital to protest ...

Mr Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, was just one of several key allies of Donald Trump who followed the same strategy used to cast doubt on the ...

6 rioters" in a tweet. and claiming to have contacts inside the country. The accounts had previously been banned. The day before the Capitol riot, Mr Bannon told his podcast listeners: "All hell is going to break loose tomorrow." He promoted the hashtag #BrazilianSpring, and continued to encourage opposition even after Mr Bolsonaro himself appeared to accept the results. Brazilians know this," he wrote repeatedly on the social media site Gettr.

Brazil was reeling Monday after hundreds of supporters of the country's former leader Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seats of power in the capital Brasilia, ...

“Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined.” In the months leading up to his election defeat Bolsonaro repeatedly sowed doubt about the legitimacy of the vote, without citing any evidence for his various claims. Ultimately, he fled the country on the eve of Lula’s inauguration, and has been staying in Florida since then. The two ex-leaders employed eerily similar playbooks before, during and after their electoral defeats, leading to concerns in each country about how robustly their electoral processes and democratic institutions would hold up. Bolsonaro supporters had been camped out in the capital since his election defeat. By Sunday evening, several hours after the breaches, the three buildings had been cleared of protesters, CNN Brasil reported. In a news conference, Lula da Silva described events in the capital Brasilia as “barbaric” and said “a lack of security” had allowed Bolsonaro’s “fascist” supporters to breach barriers set up by the military outside the congressional building, the Supreme Court and the Planalto Presidential Palace. Additional videos showed protesters inside the building taking gifts received from international delegations and destroying artwork. At least 400 people have been arrested, according to Federal District Gov. Supporters of Bolsonaro previously clashed with security forces in Brasilia on December 12 after a group attempted to rush the federal police headquarters, according a statement from the federal police at the time. Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images [Brazil](https://cnn.com/world/live-news/bolsonaro-supporters-riot-brazil-congress-01-08-23/index.html) was reeling Monday after hundreds of supporters of the country’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro [stormed the seats of power](http://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/bolsonaro-supporters-riot-brazil-congress-01-08-23/index.html) in the capital Brasilia, trashing offices and drawing condemnation from the government and the international community.

On an extraordinary day of political violence, rioters ransacked Brazil's institutional sites as part of a failed attempt to overthrow Lula's government.

6 invasion of the U.S. "I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil," U.S. Jimena Blanco, head of Americas at Verisk Maplecroft, said there were many similarities between the attack on strategic sites in Brazil's capital and the Jan. The 77-year-old former metalworker was released in 2019 and his criminal convictions were later annulled, paving the way for him to seek a return to office. - Jimena Blanco, head of Americas at Verisk Maplecroft, said there were many similarities between the attack on strategic sites in Brazil's capital and the Jan. [Street Signs Europe](https://www.cnbc.com/street-signs-europe/)" on Monday. "Now, we do have a very fractured country," she continued. "Brazil's democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined. Brazil's security forces have regained control of the country's political institutions and Brasilia governor Ibaneis Rocha said more than 400 people had been arrested as of Sunday evening. Capitol](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/trump-capitol-riot-jan-6-committee-issues-final-report.html) by supporters of former President Donald Trump two years ago. Chilean President Gabriel Boric described the attack on Brazil's institutions as a "cowardly and vile attack on democracy." - Chilean President Gabriel Boric described the attack on Brazil's institutions as a "cowardly and vile attack on democracy."

Chaos struck Brazil's capital Sunday when supporters of far right former President Jair Bolsonaro descended on government buildings, breached them, ...

"Reprehensible and undemocratic the coup attempt by the conservatives in Brazil encouraged by the oligarchic power leadership, their spokespersons and fanatics," he wrote. Throughout his campaign, Bolsonaro, who did not immediately concede the race, sowed seeds of doubt about election security to his supporters through misinformation. The Superior Electoral Court rejected voter fraud claims from Bolsonaro and his party in November. "Democracies of the world must act fast to make clear there will be no support for right-wing insurrectionists storming the Brazilian Congress," Raskin wrote. "And you know that there are several speeches by the former president encouraging this," Lula said. Bolsonaro denied Lula's assertions on Twitter, saying he has always respected the tenets of Democracy. 6, 2021, invasion of the U.S. "Lula is not alone, he has the support of the progressive forces of his country, Mexico, the American continent and the world." The incidents, which recalled the Jan. “Whoever did this will be found and punished. Leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, sworn in Jan. “There is no precedent in the history of the country what they did today.

Brazil's currency on Monday weakened roughly 1% against the dollar in early spot trading after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the ...

"As day-to day government work resumes, attention should go back to the macro issues that have been top of mind." [The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html) [(.BVSP)](https://www.reuters.com/quote/.BVSP)

While much has been said about Bolsonaro's loss, this is more about the man he lost to - Lula.

Since he lost the elections in October, Mr Bolsonaro has gone very quiet. The Security Secretary of Brasilia, Anderson Torres, was also dismissed over yesterday's events. It's no secret that many security forces are more on the side of Mr Bolsonaro than Lula.

On January 8, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro flocked to the center of government in Brazil's capital and invaded Congress, ...

Security force personnel have been firm supporters of the former president, and easy prey to those who try to convince followers of the odd concept that a coup would save democracy. The bolsonaristas who vandalized the headquarters of the three powers sought to present a show of force against Lula. Lula has now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to crush radical opposition and achieve the national legitimacy that the bolsonaristas sought to challenge. Everyone was aware, and about 100 buses did arrive in Brasilia to join the protesters that had been camping outside army headquarters since October 30. The tropical version of January 6 in the U.S. The aftermath of the attacks in Brasília will no doubt occupy significant bandwidth of both the government and the public debate, reducing the time and energy Lula can dedicate to the numerous other pressing issues Brazil faces, particularly in the economic realm. Perhaps the only unexpected element was the timing: Rather than between the runoff and inauguration, the attack occurred a week after Lula was sworn in as president. Congress and the Supreme Court were in recess, and President Lula was visiting a town affected by recent rains, so no officials were present in any of the buildings. However, the terrorist acts in Brasilia may become Lula’s greatest opportunity to expand his power and corner bolsonarismo against a wall. Given his self-imposed exile in Florida, and relative silence since losing the election, the race to succeed him as the leader of Brazil’s conservative movement will now gain even more momentum. military was always loyal to the Constitution in 2020-21, the political leanings of the Brazilian armed forces and police are much more ambiguous. The possibility of a purge, especially if members of the security forces are found to have aided the rioters behind the scenes, as early reports suggest, could destabilize Brazilian politics in coming months.

MEXICO CITY — President Joe Biden and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts on Monday denounced the weekend storming of Brazil's government institutions, ...

Asked about the links between Trump’s backers and those of Bolsonaro, Sullivan said he had no immediate information to share. But the former Brazilian president on Sunday did tweet out a careful condemnation that also dinged his political foes: “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy. But he has been supportive of the protesters’ efforts. The former Brazilian leader has on several occasions had to deal with such medical problems since being stabbed in 2018 while campaigning. “We have not, as of now, received any official requests from the Brazilian government related to Bolsonaro,” Sullivan said. Since losing office, Bolsonaro has sent mixed signals about his views on what his supporters should do to back his claims of a rigged election. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security also did not respond to questions about Bolsonaro’s visa status. Biden administration officials declined to say if they were looking at kicking out Bolsonaro, but noted that the Brazilian government has not requested it. Our governments support the free will of the people of Brazil. Michael McCaul of Texas, the lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Bolsonaro is reported to have been staying in Florida after he skipped the inauguration of his recent successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula. The events echoed the Jan.