How a Mob Tried to Oust Brazil's Lula - The New York Times
The storming of Brazil’s capital failed to overthrow the elected government. But an examination of the attack reveals how vulnerable Latin America’s largest democracy is to extremism.
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The storming of Brazil’s capital failed to overthrow the elected government. But an examination of the attack reveals how vulnerable Latin America’s largest democracy is to extremism.
Brazil’s Supreme Court said it would investigate Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s former president, for inspiring the mob that stormed the nation’s halls of power on Sunday.
The invasion of Brazil’s halls of power began with a severe shortfall of security forces.
Their early inaction in Sunday’s riot shows how security forces can help empower violence and deepen the threat to democracy.
Else because record-breaking once in a century where there is a weekly occurrence in the states. we have a lot going on. we have a lot of challenges. but on top of it all, we all now need to contend with the fact that at least florida appears to be developing as a refuge for would be dictators for whom the violent efforts of their supporters were not quite enough to keep them in power. florida is apparently lousy with that kind of overripe fruit right now. and we need to contend with the fact that whether or not the world still sees us as a beacon of democracy, a city on a hill, the far-right ...