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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Catarina Demony and Lisandra Paraguassu

Brazil's Jan. 8 riots will 'never happen again', says defence minister

Brazil's Defense Minister Jose Mucio Monteiro gestures during an interview with Reuters in Lisbon, Portugal, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Brazil's defence minister vowed on Wednesday that the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings, would "never happen again".

"We didn't believe that could happen," Brazil's defence minister, Jose Mucio, told Reuters in an interview in Portugal's capital Lisbon. "We were all caught by surprise and we paid a heavy price for it."

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