BBCNEWS The Day That Shook Brazil June 4, 2024 02:32:00
So the timeline that leads to the january 8th insurrection is long, but its moment of inception was october 30th 2022, the day presidentjair bolsonaro lost the race for re—election and a series of fake news posts emerged, alleging the victory of luis inacio lula da silva was a fraud. the posts, which called on bolsonaro to invoke article 142 of the constitution to reverse the results, brought thousands of people to the streets. more than a0 hours after the superior electoral court confirms the result, bolsonaro makes his first pronouncement. he does not acknowledge defeat.