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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Biden and Lula speak after January 6-style insurrection rocks Brazil

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President Joe Biden spoke with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday, a day after right-wing supporters of ousted ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the presidsential palace, Supreme Court and legislative body of Brazil.

It was a chaotic scene that lasted for several hours and ended in thousands of arrests; all the while, the similarities to the US’s own January 6 attack on Congress were inescapable down to the attendance of a man dressed like the QAnon Shaman.

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