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NSW premier refuses to engage with suggestions Liberal party feuds led to his Nazi costume revelation, but that hasn’t stopped speculation

The Guardian - AU

Congress ramps up pressure to kick out Bolsonaro as US bides time

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats added to pressure on President Joe Biden to kick Jair Bolsonaro out of the country, even as U.S. officials stick to a wait-and-see approach in hopes that the former Brazilian president will make good on a promise to return home on his own.

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon’s lawyers tell NYC judge he’s stopped talking to them at fiery court hearing

NEW YORK — Trump adviser Steve Bannon appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, where a judge questioned whether he’d been stonewalling his lawyers to delay his criminal fraud case.

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Brazil reckons with artistic treasures ruined in riot

The horde of rioters who invaded government buildings on Jan. 8 in an attack on Brazil’s democracy left behind a trail of destruction whose full scope is only now coming into full view

The Independent UK

Brazil police find draft decree in ex-minister's house to revert election -source

Brazilian police found a draft decree in the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro's justice minister that appears to be a proposal to interfere in the result of the October election he lost, two people familiar with the investigation said on Thursday.

Reuters

Democratic lawmakers urge Biden to revoke Bolsonaro’s US visa

The former Brazilian president has taken up residence in Florida, leading to an outcry from House Democrats.

Al Jazeera

Brazil's January 6th? Pro-Bolsonaro rioters inspired by Trump movement

What do the backers of Brazil's ransacking of official buildings stand for? Jair Bolsonaro's backers were inspired by the 2021 storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. In both cases, it started with unfounded claims of election fraud long before the vote and ended in violence. We ask…

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How Brazil Can Prevent an Authoritarian Resurgence

A robust civil society can stop the far right.

Foreign Affairs

Dem lawmakers urge Biden to void visa of Brazil's Bolsonaro

A group of 46 Democratic lawmakers has sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s diplomatic visa be canceled in the wake of the rampage in Brazil’s capital by his supporters

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula predicts policies in place within 100 days, reassures markets

Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that he plans to have policies ready within 100 days so the country "runs at normal speed" again and told financial markets they should not worry about his Workers Party government.

Reuters

Democrats push for Bolsonaro to be booted from the U.S. as Brazil investigates riots

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

WEKU

Eduardo Porter: First the US, then Brazil. Where next?

There is something pathetic about the gangs of crazed supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro that stormed Brazil’s congressional building, presidential offices and Supreme Court on Sunday. Congress was not even in session. The mutineers were late: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had been inaugurated a week before.

Tribune News Service

GOP attacks on voters are getting worse

Trump is out of office, but the rate of Republicans filing anti-democracy lawsuits in 2022 stayed the same

Salon

Brazil's message: Fascism isn't beaten

Jan. 8 coup attempt in Brazil was more than echo or coincidence: It reminds us that fascism has a global appeal

Salon

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France 24

Brazil riots: The face of a deeply divided nation

On Sunday January 8 in Brazil, over 1,500 supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro were arrested after they stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in the capital Brasilia. Authorities have issued arrest warrants for two former senior officials, including one who used to be Bolsonaro's justice minister…

The Independent UK

Brazil rioters plotted openly online, pitched huge 'party'

The rioters who stormed Brazil's capital buildings on Sunday used coded language on social media to coordinate and carry out their plans in plain view

Reuters

Blinken says no request so far from Brazil over events of Jan. 8

The United States has not received any specific requests from Brazil over the storming of Brazil's top institutions in Brasilia by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Bolsonaro party boss says violent Brasilia protesters will be expelled

The leader of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro's political party said on Wednesday that any member identified in videos taking part in the ransacking of government buildings on Sunday would be immediately expelled from the party.

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The Guardian - US

More than 70 US and Brazilian lawmakers condemn Trump-Bolsonaro alliance

Exclusive: congresswoman Ilhan Omar leads joint statement focused on Sunday’s riots in Brasília and January 6 insurrection

France 24

Pro-Bolsonaro 'mega-protest' fizzles out amid tightened security in Brazil

Skittish Brazilian authorities on Wednesday spared no effort to boost security in the face of a social media flyer promoting a “mega-protest to retake power” in two dozen cities. Whether because of preventative measures adopted or not, the supposed uprising was a dud.

France 24

The riot mess is cleared, but will Brazil pass the democracy stress test?

When far-right rioters stormed Brazil’s seat of government it was a shock to the system, but with a new president at the helm, the country appeared to quickly recover amid a display of unity. But Brazil’s problems have not magically disappeared and Latin America’s geopolitical behemoth faces several challenges, with…

The Conversation

What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won't go quietly

On Sunday January 8, radical supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and vandalised buildings that house Brazil’s congress, supreme court and presidential palace.

Reuters

Brazil government acts against Bolsonaro backers, new protest fizzles

Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday requested the investigation of three congressional allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly inciting the worst attack on the country's democratic institutions in decades.

The Independent UK

Notable artworks damaged in attack on Brazilian capital by Bolsonaro supporters

Artworks were smashed, stabbed and grafittied in attack on congressional buildings

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Brazil's version of Jan. 6 was driven by some of the same MAGA instigators

The defeated president had spent months falsely crying election fraud. His allies in right-wing media relentlessly spread conspiracy theories, hammering at the nation’s confidence in its own democracy. It came to a head one day in early January, as thousands of the president’s supporters stormed the seat of government, trampling…

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