For the first time since the pro-Jair Bolsonaro January 8 riots in Brasilia, the Solicitor General's Office of Brazil has requested that a civil court convict some of the rioters who took part in the failed coup against President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva.
i don t think i m not going to talk with president biden about that because this would depend on the brazilian courts. i work with the idea that everybody has the right their innocent, he has the right to explain himself to a civil society, has a right to be tried in the way that i was not treated i want him to be considered innocent while proved to the contrary. which i didn t have that, that s why i m not concerned i want him to be tried according to the law and i can only touch this situation if president biden raises this issue, if he doesn t raise it, i didn t come here to speak badly about the president that everybody knows that he is a copy cat, of what trump was to the u.s. having said that, obviously, the january 6 event here was traumatic for this country. a harvard political scientist noted that in brazil, after january 8, your institution s government, media, public opinion, supreme court,
U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazil President Lula met for the first time as the leaders of their respective countries. They talked about various agendas, from the environment to trade and national security.
protect democracy. both leaders saw government buildings stormed by far right protesters in the aftermath of their elections. both our nations have been tested as of late. our institutions are put in jeo jeopardy. we re both united states and brazil, democracy prevailed. president lula sut down with christiane amanpour with an exclusive interview. here s what he told her about the threats to democracy. reporter: president biden was among the first world leaders to congratulate you on your election victory and condemn the uprisingen january 8 ths. you both have a lot in common protecting democracy. was that the main central thrust
Both the United States’ and Brazil’s democracies have been tested in recent years amid the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot and Brazilian election demonstrations this January, US President Joe Biden said ahead of a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.