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Brazil's Supreme Court orders arrest of Bolsonaro's ex-justice minister, source says

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the arrest of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who served under former President Jair Bolsonaro and who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during Sunday's invasion of government buildings, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

Bolsonaro eyes early return to Brazil as US stay irks Biden

The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America and U.S. lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following an attack by his supporters on Brazil’s capital

The Independent UK

Brazil attacks could put Lula's priorities on backburner

Lula, who took office Jan. 1, already faced major challenges, including deep political polarization and slow economic growth.

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Brazilian judge orders arrest of Bolsonaro's ex-minister after Brasilia rampage

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital's most recent public security chief after supporters of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro led a rampage through government buildings.

Reuters

Brazil must 'combat terrorism,' top court justice says after capital riots

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said on Tuesday the country must firmly combat "terrorism" and "anti-democratic people attempting a coup" after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brasilia earlier this week.

Reuters

Brazil protests: Why are Lula and Bolsonaro’s supporters protesting?

Supporters of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro have rioted in protest against Lula’s victory

Evening Standard

Fanatical supporters flock to Jair Bolsonaro's bedside after he's rushed to hospital

Devotees have travelled in recent days to the temporary home of Jair Bolsonaro, a gated community with towering waterslides in Osceola County in Florida, US. He signed autographs, hugged children and took selfies with his adoring supporters

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Bolsonaro did not seek Italian citizenship, Rome says after Brazil violence

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has not requested Italian citizenship and probably would not get it even if he applied, Italy said on Tuesday, after hundreds of his backers were arrested for storming Brazil's state institutions.

Reuters

First Thing: Democrats decry new House rules as a ‘ransom note to America’

Partisan lines divided the vote on rules, with no Democrats voting for them and only one Republican voting against. Plus, how US state agencies got funny

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: The newest US export: Anti-democratic insurrection

The United States has long been a model for the world, inspiring people in other nations to throw off oppression and follow our path by creating stable, solid, democratic societies based on the rule of law, featuring the orderly and peaceful transfer of power.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Bolsonaro hides in Florida while violent supporters do his dirty work in Brazil

As former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro retreated to a luxury gated community in Florida — where he has been seen doing mundane things like grocery shopping — his marauding supporters Sunday defaced Brazil’s Congress, presidential office building and Supreme Court.

Miami Herald

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

WEKU

Thousands take to the streets in Brazil to condemn rioters

The riot in Brasilia was a reminder of the threat to democracy posed by those that refuse to accept former President Jair Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat

The Independent UK

Brazil riots: Artwork worth an ‘incalculable value’ destroyed after insurrection

Brazil’s government lists damages incurred on important pieces of art

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Evening Standard

Thousands in Brazil demand Jair Bolsonaro be jailed for ‘supporting far-right rioters who tried to seize capital’

On Monday evening President Lula visited the damaged buildings of Congress, the presidential palace and Supreme Court

The Guardian - US

Brazil envoy decries ‘grotesque and failed assault’ on democracy

Army and riot police clear Bolsonaro supporters from Brasília as US, Mexico and Canada say they ‘stand by’ democratic institutions

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lula Slams Far-right 'Terrorism' as Brazil Clears Protest Camps

Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts of terrorism" after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital. Hundreds of soldiers and police mobilized to dismantle an improvised camp outside the army's…

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why the former Brazil president is responsible for the riots

In today’s newsletter: For years Jair Bolsonaro set the anti-democratic tone that fomented Sunday’s attacks. Our Latin America correspondent explains how

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The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson under fire for backing Brazil Bolsonaro riot

Right-wing host calls current leftist Brazilian president ‘a convicted criminal’

The Independent UK

'No amnesty!': Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters

Thousands of protesters in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo demanded “No amnesty!"

Orlando Sentinel

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro out of Florida hospital as calls mount for his expulsion

ORLANDO, Fla. — The White House is facing mounting pressure to expel former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro from Florida after supporters of the right-wing leader stormed and trashed government buildings in his home country this past weekend.

Axios

Brazil seeks to restore order after pro-Bolsonaro capital riots

Bolsonaro supporters stormed the Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace.

Tribune News Service

Brazil capital reels after anti-Lula rioters storm Congress and presidential palace

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s capital was recovering early Monday from an insurrection by thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the country’s top government institutions, leaving a trail of destruction and testing the leadership of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva just a week after he took office.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising

Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021

The Independent UK

Brazil and Jan. 6 in US: Parallel attacks, but not identical

The scenes of supporters of Brazil's defeated president Jair Bolsonaro breaking into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country’s democracy brought back memories of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

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