Brazilian authorities say they are looking into who may have been behind the shocking uprising that sent protesters storming into the nation’s halls of power in a riot that had striking similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has strongly condemned the supporters of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the country’s Congress and Supreme Court on Sunday.
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Politicians’ lives weren’t at risk, but the yellow-and-green swarm of government buildings on Sunday was the latest evidence that many Brazilians never cared much for democracy in the first place.