[csusbpeace] Biden condemns 'assault on democracy' in Brazil
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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/biden-says-situation-brazil-outrageous-2023-01-08/
Biden condemns 'assault on democracy' in Brazil
Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva while security forces operate, outside
Brazil’s National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023.
REUTERS/Adriano Machado
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters)
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned "the assault on democracy" in
Brazil after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded
the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court.
Biden said he looked forward to continuing to work with leftist President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the most fraught
election in a generation last year.
"I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in
Brazil. Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will
of the Brazilian people must not be undermined," Biden said on Twitter.
Earlier on Sunday, Biden said the situation in Brazil was "outrageous."
The violence echoed the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by supporters of
former President Donald Trump.
The sight of thousands of yellow-and-green clad protesters running riot in
the capital capped months of tension following Brazil's Oct. 30 vote.
Bolsonaro, an acolyte of Trump's who has yet to concede defeat, peddled the
false claim that Brazil's electronic voting system was prone to fraud,
spawning a violent movement of election deniers.
"I condemn this outrageous assault on #Brazil’s govt buildings incited by
demagogue Bolsonaro’s reckless disregard for democratic principles," U.S.
Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
said on Twitter.
"2 yrs since Jan. 6, Trump’s legacy continues to poison our hemisphere.
Protecting democracy & holding malign actors to account is essential."
Bolsonaro flew to Florida 48 hours before the end of his mandate and was
absent from Lula's inauguration.
Representative Joaquin Castro, a Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, told CNN that Bolsonaro "basically used the Trump playbook to
inspire domestic terrorists to try to take over the government" and "is a
dangerous man."
"The United States should not be a refuge for this authoritarian who has
inspired domestic terrrorism in Brazil," Castro said. "He should be sent back
to Brazil."
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