The Guardian: Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s presidential palace and supreme court
Lula orders federal government to take control of policing in Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ordered the federal government to take control of policing in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, after hundreds of hardcore supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s congress, presidential palace and supreme court.
The massed attack was a stunning security breach that was immediately compared to the 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump in 2021.
“What we are witnessing is a terrorist attack,” the news anchor Erick Bang announced on the GloboNews television network as word of the upheaval spread. “The three buildings have been invaded by coup-mongering terrorists.”
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Live Updates
Live: Far-right rioters storm Brazil's Congress and top court -- BBC
Live: Brazil’s Lula declares security operation after Bolsonaro supporters storm federal buildings -- France 24
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices -- AP
Brazil protests: Bolsonaro denounces violence as 400 arrested after his supporters storm congress –live -- The Guardian
Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, And Presidential Palace
Bolsonaro backers sack Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court -- Reuters
Far-right supporters of former President Bolsonaro storm Brazil's Congress -- France 24
Bolsonaro supporters break into Brazilian Congress and presidential palace -- CNN
Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters storm National Congress -- DW
Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters Invade Brasilia in Challenge to Lula -- Bloomberg
Pro-Bolsonaro protesters storm Brazil's National Congress in capital -- ABC News Australia
Brazil Congress: Lula vows to punish supporters of Bolsonaro after riot -- BBC
World leaders condemn Brazil violence as US lawmakers call for Bolsonaro extradition -- The Guardian
Assault on presidential palace, congress challenges Brazil’s democracy -- Washington Post
Brazil congress attack: what we know so far -- The Guardian
7 comments:
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Took a whole week for the Commie President's edicts to cause a boilover. Same playbook as J6. Steal an election with outright fraud then send in the Fed incitement squad. Now Lula can weaponize the entire Brazilian government against the "terrorist" Bolsonaro supporters. Just like the illegitimate scumbag we have.
I wish them well. The military need to step in before the leftists can ruin the nation.
The Washington playbook won't work as well in Brasil as it does in America. Blinken, Sullivan will periodically meet with Lula and tell him to run things a certain way. Brasil is shaped more like a triangle, whereas the US was more of a diamond.
Lula does have gangs in Rio on his side and he uses them. No telling from my scant knowledge how that will play out. Kind of depends on how the police split or if they get disaffected. Police in Brasil will machine gun you down in the back, if you commit a robbery and do not halt when they they tell you to. We shall see how Rio goes.
It is a very tough town 4 or more Marines were on shore leave in Rio several years back. They were told to travel in numbers for protection. They still got tore up.
It will be interesting to see if Lula lines hos pockets again. He might not be prosecuted right away or at all, but his lieutenants will take not and imitate. That trend could make Brasil a shithole in 10 to 30 years.
I second that
Isn't Brazil already a shithole? I was in Sao Paulo 7 years ago and that was my impression.
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