Brazil authorities pledge to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters and those who...
Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then...
View ArticlePro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil's top government offices
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week after the inauguration of...
View ArticleWorld leaders condemn assault on Brazilian government buildings
Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country's Supreme Court and its Congressional building and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasilia. Here...
View ArticleBrazil Congress attack triggers comparison to US Capitol Attack on Jan. 6
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the...
View ArticleBrazil investigates who led anti-democratic riots in capital
Brazil's Supreme Court late on Sunday removed the governor of Brasilia from office for 90 days due to flaws in security in the capital, after thousands of backers of far-right former president Jair...
View Article'Traces of Trumpism', US Capitol attack in Brazil capital assault
The weekend assault on Brazil's corridors of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro bore "traces of Trumpism", Spain said Monday, warning such extremists posed democracy's...
View ArticleBrazil authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters
Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then...
View ArticleBrazil riots, grim echo of US Capitol invasion two years ago
Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on Sunday, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years...
View Article'Clean-up operation underway': Brazil's seat of power vandalised after...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inspected the headquarters of Brazil's three branches of government following an invasion by supporters of the ultra-right-wing former president Jair...
View ArticleBrazil cracks down on pro-Bolsonaro rioters after Congress stormed
Brazilian soldiers backed by police dismantled a camp of supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on Monday, a day after rioters launched the worst attack on Brazil's...
View ArticleIn Brazil, a predictable insurrection attempt
Brazil’s security forces seemed overwhelmed in front of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, while they stormed in Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court in...
View ArticleIn Brazil, a predictable insurrection attempt
Brazil’s security forces seemed overwhelmed in front of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, while they stormed in Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court in...
View ArticleIn pictures: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters ransack Brazil government buildings
Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasilia on Sunday, ransacking Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court, in the worst...
View ArticleBrazil’s democracy under threat? Lula vows post-riot crackdown on far-right...
Scenes of open revolt in Brazil - protestors invaded the Presidential palace and the Supreme court in the capital Brasilia. An angry mob of supporters of the defeated presidential candidate Jair...
View ArticleBrazil riots raise questions of efficiency and loyalty of security forces
The storming of Brazil’s seat of power by a mob of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has put the spotlight on Brazil’s security forces, raising questions about their unpreparedness and...
View ArticleWhat is “source code,” and why are Brazil's pro-Bolsonaro protesters...
"We want the source code" was the slogan on far-right protester's banners in Brazil, questioning the reliability of the country's electonic voting machines. After far-right demonstrators stormed the...
View ArticleBolsonaro admitted to Florida hospital as 1,500 of his supporters detained in...
Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key...
View ArticleBrazil issues arrest warrants for security chiefs after pro-Bolsonaro riots
Brazilian authorities seeking to punish the mob that stormed the halls of power in Brasilia issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two former senior officials, one of them a close ally of far right...
View ArticleBrazil issues arrest warrants for security chiefs after pro-Bolsonaro riots
Brazilian authorities seeking to punish the mob that stormed the halls of power in Brasilia issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two former senior officials, one of them a close ally of far right...
View Article'The global leaders were very quick to demonstrate their support for Lula and...
Rioters who ransacked Congress and other buildings in Brasilia were partly mobilized by disinformation alleging a "fraudulent" electronic ballot system cost Jair Bolsonaro his victory in the...
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