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Bolsonaro Issues Muted Condemnation of Riots at Brazil’s Capital

• Former president says building invasions go against the rules
• Lula government holds Bolsonaro morally responsible for riots

Brazil police clear Congress buildings of pro-Bolsonaro rioters
Supporters protesting election result invaded complex in echo of US January 6 riots

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Police regained control of most of Brazil’s main government complex on Sunday evening after thousands of supporters of rightwing former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congress, supreme court and presidential palace.

Social media footage earlier showed crowds vandalising the interiors of the three institutions in Brasília in scenes reminiscent of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by supporters of ex-president Donald Trump.

Clad in the yellow and green of the Brazilian flag, the protesters called for a military coup d’état, demanding that the election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva be overturned and the leftwing leader imprisoned. Police said 300 people were arrested.

Although the government buildings were unoccupied and Congress not in session, the breaches are likely to raise doubts about the security of Brazil’s political and judicial institutions. The incident also presents tough choices for Lula, who took the presidency just a week ago promising to unite the nation but will be under pressure to crack down on Bolsonaro’s radical supporters.

“There is no precedent in the history of our country for what these people did. They have to be punished. And we are going to find out who are the financiers of these vandals,” said Lula, who was outside the capital on Sunday visiting a city in São Paulo state affected by recent flooding.

“They will all pay with the force of law for this irresponsible act, this anti-democratic act, this act of vandals and fascists.”

Television footage showed police firing stun grenades and using pepper spray on demonstrators, who then stormed barricades and mounted a ramp up to the roof of parliament, alongside the building’s iconic white double domes. A video clip circulated online of a mounted police officer falling off his horse after being violently set upon by a group of rioters.

Smartphone images emerged of ransacked rooms with damaged furniture, files strewn across the floor and water spraying from fire sprinklers. Many intruders covered their faces with masks.

Bolsonaro, who is currently in Florida, said on Twitter that peaceful demonstrations were part of democracy, but that the actions on Sunday crossed the line. However, he rejected Lula’s accusations that he had encouraged the deeds.

The nationalist former army captain had defied tradition by not attending Lula’s inauguration last week, instead travelling to the US.

Like his erstwhile American counterpart Trump, Bolsonaro has long cast doubt on the integrity of Brazil’s electronic voting system. His political party launched a legal challenge to annul the election result, but it was rejected by a court.

The disorder occurred after protesters descended on the capital in busloads on Sunday for a planned demonstration. Police had ejected trespassers from the sites by the evening, as calm was largely restored to the main avenue in the capital where dozens of stragglers remained.

Questions will be asked of the new defence minister, José Múcio Monteiro, given his delicate treatment of activists who refuse to accept Bolsonaro’s defeat and have for months camped outside military bases calling for a putsch by the armed forces. They claim without evidence that the ballot was rigged and accuse top judges of political bias and censorship.

“This absurd attempt to impose will by force will not prevail,” Flavio Dino, Brazil’s minister of justice and public security, said on Sunday night.

Brazil devolves into capital unrest; ex-president Jair Bolsonaro reportedly at Jose Aldo's Florida vacation house

Why if it isn't Russia (this is one of their trolls) sucking Lula's ass, Bolsonaro was aligned with other authoritarians like Trump, Orban and Putin. Good luck with that, Joe has Bolsoaro's ass and will use it for goodwill with Lula and Brazil, they now share a common experience and bond, a common enemy too.

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Brazilian President Lula da Silva visits Presidential Palace and Supreme Court following unrest
From CNN’s Marcia Reverdosa


Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on Sunday. (Eraldo Peres/AP)

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Sunday he was at the Planalto Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court in Brasilia after supporters of his rival Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings.

"The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished," Lula da Silva posted on Facebook. "Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Always Democracy. Goodnight."

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Earlier, Lula described events in the capital as “barbaric” and said “a lack of security” had allowed Bolsonaro’s “fascist” supporters to breach barriers set up by the Armed Forces outside the three branches of government
“These people are everything that is abominable in politics,” he told a news conference.
At least 400 people have been arrested following the unrest, according to Brazilian authorities.




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Facebook says it will remove content that praises the storming of Brazil's government buildings
From CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan

Facebook’s parent company Meta declared the unrest in Brazil a “violating event” on Sunday, adding it would “remove content that supports or praises” protesters who breached government buildings.

"In advance of the election, we designated Brazil as a temporary high-risk location and have been removing content calling for people to take up arms or forcibly invade Congress, the Presidential palace and other federal buildings," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone told CNN.
"We're also designating this as a violating event, which means we will remove content that supports or praises these actions. We’re actively monitoring the situation and will continue removing content that violates our policies."

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Some context: Meta has in the past designated violent events, like terrorists attacks, school shootings, and the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol as so-called “violating events.” The policy allows the company to expedite content removal in these circumstances.




1 hr 19 min ago
Brazil will adopt further measures to strengthen the country’s capital, official says
From CNN’s Rodrigo Pedroso

Brazil’s government will adopt more measures aimed at strengthening the capital of Brasília, Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Sunday.
Dino told reporters “there are still people on the internet saying that they are going to continue with terrorist acts. And they will not be able to destroy Brazilian democracy. They won't.”
He also described Sunday’s events in Brasília as “a coup.”

“We regret that the heritage of the Brazilian people has been squandered in a vile way. This is not about the continuity of the electoral process, it is about coup d'état, terrorism,” the minister said, while adding that “we are not going to accept the path of criminality to carry out a political struggle in Brazil. Criminals will be treated like criminals.”

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Dino went on to say "this will never happen again in this country because there is unity among the institutions to guarantee social peace and act against terrorism.”




2 hr 36 min ago
UN secretary general condemns "assault on Brazil’s democratic institutions"
From CNN’s Richard Roth

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres joined other world leaders Sunday in condemning the Bolsonaro supporters’ breach of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace:


2 hr 39 min ago
Bolsonaro denounces his supporters' storming of government buildings
From CNN’s Rodrigo Pedroso

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denounced the "depredations and invasions of public buildings" in Brasília, after his supporters stormed key government buildings Sunday.
Police say they have since cleared the crowds from the country’s Supreme Court, the presidential palace and the congressional building.
Bolsonaro tweeted that “peaceful demonstrations, respecting the law, are part of democracy."
"However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule," he continued. "Throughout my mandate, I have always been acting according to the Constitution, respecting and defending the laws, democracy, transparency and our sacred freedom."

Some context: While Bolsonaro has said he would cooperate with the peaceful transition of power, he has also declined to explicitly concede his election loss in October.
The election came amid a tense and polarized political climate in Brazil, which has been struggling with high inflation, limited growth and rising poverty.
In the weeks since Bolsonaro's loss, thousands of his supporters have gathered at military barracks across the country, asking the army to step in as they claim, with no evidence, that the election was stolen.




2 hr 30 min ago
Police arrest at least 400 people after the storming of government buildings, governor says
From CNN’s Flora Charner and Pierre Meilhan


Security forces detain a supporter of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro during a demonstration against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, outside Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília, Brazil on Sunday. (Adriano Machado/Reuters)

At least 400 people have been arrested after pro-Bolsonaro supporters stormed key government buildings in Brazil's capital, said Ibaneis Rocha, the governor of the country's Federal District.
Rocha tweeted that those arrested “will pay for the crimes committed."
"We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order,” Rocha added.
Brazil's capital, Brasília, is part of the Federal District. It is home to the country's Congress and Supreme Court buildings, and the presidential palace, which were all stormed Sunday.





3 hr 44 min ago
Police: Officers have cleared Brazilian government buildings of protesters and made about 170 arrests
From CNN’s Maija Ehlinger, Rodrigo Pedroso and Marcia Reverdosa


Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as security forces operate outside Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília, Brazil on Sunday. (Adriano Machado/Reuters)

The three main government buildings — the Supreme Court, the presidential palace and the congressional building — involved in today's breach have been cleared of protesters, police said Sunday, according to CNN Brasil.
At least 170 people have been arrested since pro-Bolsonaro supporters stormed the building, CNN Brasil reports, citing Federal District Civil Police.
A senior government official vowed to punish those involved.

“I'm in the field, walking on the streets and personally commanding the security forces, fulfilling the mission I received from the President of the Republic. Nobody will go unpunished. The democratic rule of law will not be walled up by criminals,” Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Justice Minister Ricardo Cappelli said.

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US lawmaker calls for Bolsonaro's extradition to Brazil

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Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) reacts to supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro breaking in to the country's congressional building, Supreme Court and presidential palace, according to Brazilian media. #CNN #News

How the storming of Brazil's Congress compares to U.S. Capitol Hill riots

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Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in the capital on Sunday. The incident has drawn comparisons to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, something many political analysts and the judiciary have warned about for months.

13 min ago
Governor of Brazil's Federal District temporarily removed from post, Supreme Court says
From CNN’s Marcia Reverdosa and Teele Rebane



Gov. Ibaneis Rocha visits the neighborhood of Sao Sebastiao in Brasilia on April 5, 2021. (Mateus Bonomi/AGIF/AP)

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered the governor of the country's Federal District to temporarily leave his post following the unrest in Brasilia on Sunday.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes handed down a three-month suspension to Federal District Gov. Ibaneis Rocha, according to the Supreme Court.

It comes after supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital.

Earlier, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said “a lack of security” had allowed Bolsonaro’s supporters to breach barriers set up by the Armed Forces outside the three branches of government

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arrest them both and ship them back to Brazil, let their own people deal with them.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

arrest them both and ship them back to Brazil, let their own people deal with them.

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I think they are in shit if they were planning this in America and they don't need to be nearly as sloppy as the republicans. Joe probably knows a lot, the NSA has been monitoring their communications and the CIA is involved along with the FBI. They would know about and have a recording of any communications between them and back home, these guys would be treated like unindicted drug lords.

The state department is involved too and Lula will learn to like Joe, a shared experience often produces a bond. Lula is to the left, but Bernie has good relations with him and recent global events have pretty well lined up the sides of liberal democracy vs authoritarianism. For progressives to survive and thrive, they need liberal democracy and the rule of law, in deed for any society to thrive and survive they need the rule of law fostering social justice, equality, inclusion and democracy.

The mob ransacking the supreme court was a very serious mistake!

I'd say the justices are all appropriately pissed and threatened and this will not bode well for Bolsonaro and others when it comes to getting arrest warrants which could be swift in coming. Joe will have the fucker and his flunky on a plane to Brazil ASAP, as soon as the warrant dropped, no extradition required. However if it was fought in court ICE would just detain them while they were extradited and it would give prosecutors in Brazil time to build a case before they hit the country.

27 min ago
Brazil Supreme Court orders pro-Bolsonaro camps to be demolished, protesters arrested
From CNN’s Rodrigo Pedroso



Alexandre de Moraes during a ceremony at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on December 12, 2022. (Claudio Reis/Ag. Enquadrar/Sipa/AP)

Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the military to dismantle all Bolsonaro supporters’ camps across the country within 24 hours and told police to arrest any protesters still on the streets, according to a court order.

"Absolutely nothing justifies the existence of full camps of terrorists, sponsored by various financiers and with the complacency of civil and military authorities in total subversion of necessary respect for the Federal Constitution," the order reads.

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At least 400 people have been arrested after supporters of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings in Brasilia Sunday, according to Brazilian authorities. Bolsonaro supporters had been camped out in the capital since his presidential election defeat in October.

Commanders from the armed forces, police and the defense minister will be held accountable in court if the camps are not dismantled, Moraes said, adding that all highways in the country must be cleared on Monday.