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Defeat of populist leader’s bid to cling to power shows strength of its institutions

Brazilian authorities moved Monday to upgrade security at government buildings ransacked by rioters, and formally charged 39 people with crimes against the state in the violent January 8 uprising.

Authorities are seeking to identify anyone who helped fund or organise the storming of government offices in Brasilia.

For two years we have debated whether the essential feature of the January 6 riot, the mob stirred up to storm the Capitol in frustration over the 2020 election, was the ambition in the background or the futility and unreality up front.

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

How Brazil’s Jan. 8 confirmed two tendencies of contemporary populism.

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.

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In a demonstration of the unity of the republic, President Lula on Monday brought together the main heads of the legislative and judicial branches in the capital.