Brazil’s failed coup is the poison flower of the Trump-Bolsonaro symbiosis

The striking similarities between events at the Capitol and Brasilia stem from links fostered by the former presidents and their families

In the days following the 6 January 2021 storming of the US Capitol, a Brazilian professor and expert on disinformation, David Nemer, gave an interview predicting the same thing would happen in Brazil two years later.

Sunday's insurrection in Brasilia came just two days after the second anniversary of the Capitol attack. Nemer said his prediction was not the work of a seer, but was based on analysis of the close and growing symbiosis of the hard right in the US and Brazil - a bond that was built up around the Trump and Bolsonaro families and their entourages.