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Chile, Colombia call for extraordinary OAS meeting after Brazil riots

Chile's President Gabriel Boric and Colombia's President Gustavo Petro show an agreement during their meeting at the La Moneda government palace in Santiago, Chile, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Chilean President Gabriel Boric called for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday to address riots in Brazil where supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed top government buildings.

Boric, speaking alongside Colombia President Gustavo Petro outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, called Sunday's riots "unacceptable" and also condemned "complicit silence."

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