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World Leaders Condemn Anti-Government Mob Attacks in Brasilia

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The US government on Sunday offered “unwavering” support for Brazil’s democracy as condemnation poured in from around the world against mobs that smashed their way into the halls of power in Brasilia. online news

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez assailed the “coup attempt” by supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro who stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace.

Fellow South American leaders in Chile, Colombia and Venezuela deplored the mob action, and French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted his support for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the leftist who took office as Brazil’s leader a week ago.

“The will of the Brazilian people and the democratic institutions must be respected!” Macron tweeted.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted that “President (Joe) Biden is following the situation closely and our support for Brazil’s democratic institutions is unwavering.”

Brazil’s democracy, he added, “will not be shaken by violence.”

The European Union’s top foreign affairs official, Josep Borrell, tweeted that he was “appalled by the acts of violence and illegal occupation of Brasilia’s government quarter by violent extremists today…

“Brazilian democracy will prevail over violence and extremism,” he added.

The twitter account of Democrats on the US Senate foreign relations committee noted that the Brasilia ransacking came nearly two years to the day after supporters of then-president Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, leaving five dead.

“Trump’s legacy continues to poison our hemisphere,” the tweet said.

Around the Western hemisphere, reaction was particularly swift from leaders ideologically akin to Lula.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tweeted: “Lula is not alone, he has the support of the progressive forces of his country, of Mexico, of the American continent and of the world.”

Chilean President Gabriel Boric decried “this cowardly and vile attack on democracy” and said the Lula government has Chile’s “complete backing.”

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, a leftist authoritarian, condemned what he called the “neofascist groups” seeking to unseat Lula.

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Mexican President Denounces Brazil ‘Coup Attempt’

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday denounced a “reprehensible and anti-democratic coup attempt” in Brazil after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro overran the grounds of all three branches of government in Brasilia.

Lopez Obrador expressed his support for fellow leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, inaugurated just a week ago after narrowly winning a deeply divisive election race against Bolsonaro.

“Reprehensible and undemocratic the coup attempt by conservatives in Brazil, incited by the leaders of oligarchic power, its spokespersons and fanatics,” Lopez Obrador said on Twitter.

“Lula is not alone, he has the support of the progressive forces in his country, Mexico, the American continent and the world,” the Mexican leader added.

Hundreds of supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades Sunday and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.

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Brazil Police Retake Congress After Pro-Bolsonaro Protest

Brazilian security forces retook the national Congress building Sunday from supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro after hundreds of them stormed inside and invaded the legislative chambers, AFP journalists said.

Operations were still under way to evacuate rioters from the Supreme Court headquarters and Planalto presidential palace, which pro-Bolsonaro hardliners also invaded in protests against the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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