Brasilia, Jan 13 (EFE).- The Jan. 8 assaults on the seats of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of Brazil’s government by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro were planned ahead of time, Justice Minister Flavio Dino told a press conference here Friday. As proof, he pointed to a document found in the Brasilia home …
Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021. The groups were able to break through police barricades along the capital Brasilia’s main boulevard and storm the buildings, damage furniture, smash windows and destroy artworks. As they unleashed chaos in the capital, Bolsonaro was holed up in Florida, home to his ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) “No apologies! No apologies! No apology!”The chant echoed off the walls of a packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo's law school