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'Terrorists' threaten Brazil's presidential inauguration - incoming justice minister

In this file photo taken on November 26, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a graduation ceremony for cadets at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in Resende, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Brazil's outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, on December 23, 2022, pardoned security force agents convicted of crimes committed more than 30 years ago, which according to legal experts, applies to those responsible for the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. © Tercio Texeira, AFP

Election-denying protesters camping outside Brazilian army bases have become "incubators of terrorism," Brazil's incoming justice minister said on Sunday, a day after police detonated an explosive device and arrested a suspect they accused of links to the Brasilia camp. 

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro have been camped outside army bases in Brazil for weeks, urging the military to overturn the victory of leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who takes office on January 1st.

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