A protester, supporter of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, empties a fire extinguisher after protesters stormed Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, January 8, 2023
WORLD leaders condemned Sunday’s “outrageous” coup attempt in Brazil as authorities vowed to protect democracy and punish those responsible.
This followed Brazil’s own “January 6” moment as thousands of supporters of former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the presidential offices and the nation’s Congress in Brasilia.
The attack by Mr Bolsonaro’s supporters, a week after Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva was sworn in as the new president, was reminiscent of the Donald Trump-encouraged insurrection by the far right at the Capitol building in Washington DC on January 6 2021.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
