Article 67MNR Bolsonaro Backers Storm Brazil's Key Gov't Buildings in Jan. 6-Style Attempt to Oust Lula from Power

Bolsonaro Backers Storm Brazil's Key Gov't Buildings in Jan. 6-Style Attempt to Oust Lula from Power

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is condemning thousands of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday in a scene reminiscent of the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices and set fire to a carpet inside the Congress building before authorities made over 400 arrests. Bolsonaro has never formally conceded the race to third-term President Lula and fled to Florida, where he has reportedly met with Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago, while his supporters have blockaded highways and set up protest encampments outside military bases and in the capital Brasilia to protest what they falsely claim was a rigged election. We get an update from Brazilian newspaper columnist and professor Thiago Amparo in Sao Paulo and reporter Michael Fox, host of the Brazil on Fire" podcast.

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