The pro-Jair Bolsonaro insurrection in Brazil that resulted in rioters destroying property in government buildings and surrounding the presidential palace was plotted online, and they did so openly. This was revealed as a flyer for a "Mega Protest" to retake power has been seen online.
Thousands of Brazilians are demanding retribution against supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed and ransacked buildings in the nation s capital.
Bolsonaro supporters invaded Brazil presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court in Brasilia, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by backers of former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden condemned the political unrest that emerged in Brazil over the weekend after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s major government buildings, denouncing the attack as an “assault on democracy.”