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In a scene reminiscent of the violent Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, in the U.S., supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed their Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday in the capital city of Brasilia.
The uprising of Bolsonaro supporters who refused to accept his defeat came a week after his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was inaugurated.
Lula da Silva was in São Paulo and not in the presidential palace at the time of the breach. Since December, Bolsonaro has been staying in Orlando.
In El Paso, Texas, where he was making his first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office, President Joe Biden denounced the attacks in the Brazilian capital.
« It’s outrageous, » he told reporters.
Later, in a message posted on Twitter, Biden condemned « the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. »
« Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined, » he wrote. « I look forward to continuing to work with @LulaOficial. »
I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil.
